Preface | 3 | |
Table of Contents | 5 | |
Reprint Guidelines | 8 | |
References and Abbreviations | 9 | |
Introduction to the Book of Revelation | 11 | |
Influence | 11 | |
Type of Literature | 12 | |
Date and Author | 12 | |
Intended Readers | 13 | |
Purpose and Theme | 13 | |
Structure | 13 | |
Interpretation | 14 | |
Principles of Interpretation | 15 | |
Translation | 15 | |
How This Study Works | 16 | |
1. Christ in the Midst of the Lampstands (chapter 1) | 18 | |
Prologue (1:1-3) | 19 | |
Greetings (1:4-5a) | 20 | |
Numbers in the Bible | 20 | |
Doxology and Response (1:5b-7) | 21 | |
Tribulation (1:9) | 22 | |
Geography (1:9-11) | 23 | |
Symbolic Representation of Christ (1:12-20) | 23 | |
2. Letters to the Seven Churches (chapters 2-3) | 26 | |
The Church in Ephesus (2:1-7) | 26 | |
The Church in Smyrna (2:8-11) | 28 | |
The Church in Pergamum (2:12-17) | 29 | |
The Church in Thyatira (2:18-29) | 29 | |
The Church in Sardis (3:1-6) | 30 | |
The Church in Philadelphia (3:7-13) | 31 | |
The Church in Laodicea (3:14-22) | 32 | |
3. The Lion That Is the Lamb (chapters 4-5) | 34 | |
4. The 144,000 (chapters 6-10) | 39 | |
The Seven Seals (6:1-17) | 40 | |
The 144,000 (7:1-8) | 42 | |
The Great Multitude in White Robes (7:9-17) | 44 | |
The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer (8:1-5) | 46 | |
The Seven Trumpets (8:6-9:21) | 46 | |
The Angel and the Little Scroll (10:1-11) | 48 | |
5. By the Blood of the Lamb (chapters 11-13) | 51 | |
The Two Witnesses (11:1-14) | 51 | |
The Seventh Trumpet (11:15-19) | 55 | |
The Woman and the Dragon (12:1-13:1a) | 55 | |
The Beast out of the Sea (13:1b-10) | 58 | |
The Beast out of the Earth (13:11-18) | 59 | |
6. Alas, Babylon! (chapters 14-18) | 62 | |
The Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5) | 62 | |
The Three Angels (14:6-13) | 63 | |
The Harvest of the Earth (14:14-20) | 64 | |
Seven Angels with Seven Plagues (15:1-8) | 65 | |
The Seven Bowls of God´s Wrath (16:1-21) | 66 | |
The Woman on the Beast (17:1-18) | 68 | |
The Fall of Babylon (18:1-24) | 69 | |
7. The Millennium (chapters 19-20) | 71 | |
Praise from the Heavenly Multitude (19:1-10) | 71 | |
The Rider on the White Horse (19:11-21) | 73 | |
The Thousand Years (20:1-15) | 74 | |
8. We Shall See His Face (chapters 21-22) | 80 | |
The New Jerusalem (21:1-27) | 80 | |
The River of Life (22:1-6) | 84 | |
Jesus Is Coming (22:7-21) | 85 | |
Appendix 1: Questions for Group Participants | 87 | |
Appendix 2: Charts | 99 | |
Appendix 3. Songs and Hymns Based on Revelation | 109 |