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The Book of Revelation. Key Word: Triumph (of Christ). NT Overview (Books & Key Words). 38 124 39-41. “To the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8) Acts 9 13 14 15 16 18 21 27 28. Apr 48- Sep 49 1 Galatia. Apr 50- Sep 52 2 Aegean. Spr 53- May 57
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The Book of Revelation Key Word: Triumph (of Christ)
NT Overview (Books & Key Words) 3812439-41 “To the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8) Acts 9 13 14 15 16 18 21 27 28 Apr 48-Sep 49 1Galatia Apr 50-Sep 52 2Aegean Spr 53-May 57 3Asia Feb 60-Mar 62 1Rome Spr 62-Fall 67 4Spain Aut 67-Spr 68 2Rome May 57-Aug 59 DamascusAntioch May 57-Aug 59 Trials Spring 68 Expansion of Church Fall 49 The Council 35 48 49 50 52 53 57 60 62 67 68 95 Kingdom Matt Luke Sov 1 Acts Sov 2 Disciple Mark Believe John Justify Gal 1 Thess Rapture 1 Cor Unity Eph Order 1 Tim Doctrine 2 Tim Pretenders Jude Sanctify Works James 2 Thess Tribulation 2 Cor Deity Col Titus Conduct Super Heb Love 1 John Apostle Romans Philem Suffering 1 Pet Limits 2 John Forgive Righteous Gospels & Acts Phil Attitude 2 Pet Knowledge 3 John Mission Rev Triumph Pauline Epistles General Epistles Books by Category & Key Words
So Many Interpretations! So Many Symbols,
344 Focus: The Return of Christ
321 What time is it? (Revelation 6-18 depicts which era?) Book Written AD 95 Historicist Futurist Preterist Idealist
The Four Most Common Approaches 321 PRETERIST - about 1st cent. AD history FUTURIST- about history of the end of time Dr. Henry Baldwin’s - Combo #1, #2 & #4 HISTORICIST - about Church history to the present IDEALIST– about good over evil in all times
Revelation Summarizes Scripture The BOOK OF THE REVELATION umming Upof Scripture The Rest of the Story
Use Revelation’s inspired outline Revelation 1:17-19 17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, 18and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.” have seen are will take place
318 Revelation
The Seven Church of Revelation 2-3 334 Pergamum Thyatira Smyrna Sardis Philadelphia Ephesus Laodicea Patmos
The Seal Judgments The Scroll Sealed with Seven Seals… is firmly in the right hand of the Father!
“The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals” (Rev. 5:5)
333 Chronology of Revelation
And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God— 144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel: 5from Judah 12,000 from Reuben 12,000 from Gad 12,000 6from Asher 12,000 from Naphtali 12,000 from Manasseh 12,000 7from Simeon 12,000 from Levi 12,000 from Issachar 12,000 8from Zebulun 12,000 from Joseph 12,000 from Benjamin 12,000 144,000 sealed (7:1-8)
339 Content of the Judgments H O R S E S W O E S Adapted from Robert Gromacki, NT Survey and H. Wayne House, Chronological & Background Charts of the NT, 19
337 Judgments of the 70th Week Revelation 8:7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up Why Consecutive? • Normal reading of text • 1260 days (Rev. 12:6) • Trump 1 begins after Seal 6 • Unrepeatable judgments
Beasts of Rev. 13 Dragon = Satan Land Beast = False Prophet Sea Beast = Antichrist
“… a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True”(19:11)
Beast & False Prophet cast into lake of burning sulfur(19:20)
Heaven (Rev. 21-22) Millennium (Rev. 20) Return(Rev. 19) Future Benefits(Rev. 19-20)
“He seized the dragon… and bound him for 1000 years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him”(20:2-3a)
Premillennialism signs 333b Rapture Second Coming Second = Advent Church Age (no signs) Tribulation Millennium Eternal Kingdom 7 years 1000 years Judgment Judgment Revelation 6-18 19 20 21-22
Why am I Pretrib? • The Tribulation tests unbelievers (3:10) under God’s wrath (6:16-17) • Need to separate sheep from goats (Matt. 25:31-46) • Need to repopulate the earth in the millennium (Isa. 65:20)
Why am I Premil? • Rev. 19 (Christ’s return) is before Rev. 20 (Christ’s rule) • Natural way to see the 1000 years (20:1-6) • OT prophets saw a future period which is neither the present age nor heaven • Animal kingdom tamed (Isa. 11:6-9) • Long life but still death (Isa. 65:20) • Yearly observances after Messiah’s return (Zech. 14:15-17)
339f Return(Rev. 19) Differences Between the Millennium and Heaven Millennium(Rev. 20) vs. Heaven (Rev. 21-22)
331 The New Jerusalem Size of New Jerusalem 2,250,000 sq. miles
331 The New Jerusalem & SE Asia
331 The New Jerusalem over present Jerusalem
331 Figurative or Literal?
330 Amen! Come Lord Jesus!