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The Book of RevelationIntroduction
Revelation 1: 1 – 2
Revelation: comes from the Greek word “apokalupsis” (αποκαλυψις)
Apocrypha: tell of future of the world and God’s impending judgment
Revelation 1: 1
Genesis vs. Revelation• Paradise Lost • Creation of Heaven
and earth• Earthly Paradise of
God• Satan's appearance,
sin's beginning• The rise of Babylon• Man estranged from
God
• Paradise Regained• The new heaven
and earth• Heavenly paradise• Satan punished, sin
wiped out• The doom of
Babylon• Man re-united with
God
Two Warnings1. We will never completely
understand the book of Revelation
Revelation 1: 3
PresuppositionsAuthorship• Apostle
John• Another
John
PresuppositionsAuthorship• Apostle
John• Another
John
Date• Early: during reign
of Nero (54-68 AD)• Late: during reign
of Domitian (81-96)
4 Interpretive Models1. Futurist: prophecies are yet to
be fulfilled
4 Interpretive Models1. Futurist2. Historicist
4 Interpretive Models1. Futurist2. Historicist3. Preterist
4 Interpretive Models1. Futurist: yet to be fulfilled2. Historicist: are being fulfilled3. Preterist: have been fulfilled4. Idealist: spiritual metaphors
Sevens• Churches• Seals• Trumpets• Signs• Bowls• Last Things
Four Sections1. The Son of Man among the Seven
Churches (1-3)2. The Seven Seals, Trumpets, Signs,
and Bowls (4-19:10)3. The Return of Christ (19:11-20:15)4. The New Heaven and Earth (21-
22)
Revelation 1: 19
Three Divisions1. What you have seen (1)2. What is now (2-3)3. What will take place later (4-22)
Description1. Visions of God in Glory (1)2. Vision of the Church on Earth
(2-3)3. Visions of Government That
Will Be Established in the Future (4-19)
4. Visions of Glory (20-22)
Two Warnings1. We will never completely
understand the book of Revelation
2. The purpose of prophecy is to encourage the way we live today not just give more knowledge
1 Corinthians 4: 5
1 Corinthians 11: 26
Colossians 3: 1 – 4
1 Thessalonians 3: 12 – 13
2 Timothy 4: 1 – 2
Hebrews 10: 25
James 5: 8
1 John 3: 2 – 3
1 John 2: 28
Titus 2: 12 – 13
Jude 1: 20 – 23
1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 18