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THE BOOK OF REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST, REFERENCE The Joy of Hearing …

- - - - Second Saying
        "Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”" Ch14v13
        
        Third Saying
        “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.” Ch16 v15
        
        Fourth Saying
        "Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”"
        Ch19 v9
        
        Fifth Saying
        "Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years." Ch20 v6
        
        Sixth Saying
        “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.” Ch22 v7
        
        Seventh Saying
        “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city." Ch22 v14
        
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        Blessed are those -
        
        who wait patiently
        
        Blessed are those -
        
        who will reign with Christ
        
        Blessed are those -
        
        who go the wedding feast
        to be with Jesus
        
        Blessed are those -
        
        who are ready
        for the return of Jesus
        
        Blessed are those -
        
        who die in the Lord
        who have persevered to the end
      - Blessed are those -
        
        who reads, hears
        doing & keeping
        the words of the prophecy
  - - - "The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all
        by the second death". Ch2 v11
        
        to the church of Smyrna
        
        second death = eternal death & final judgment
        
        10 days = limited suffering in this world
        
        called to endure even to martyrdom
        
        "To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it". Ch2 v17
        
        to the church of Pergamum
        
        satan's throne = imperial cult of Augustus
        
        Antipas already martyred
        
        commended for holding on
        
        sexual immorality probably = idolatry here
        
        manana - enjoyed at the end-time feast
        
        white stone = acquittal & given to those who are honoured
        
        new name - to enter the heavenly city with a new name
        
        "To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father". Ch2 v26, 27
        
        to the church of Thyatira
        
        false prophets & inappropriate tolerance
        
        lost their moral compass
        
        morning star v28 = ? enjoy ruling with Christ
        
        "The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels". Ch3 v5
        
        to the church in Sardis
        
        full of self
        
        actually 'dead'
        
        must wake up
        
        white robes = cleanliness & righteousness
        
        name in the 'book of life'
        
        life or death
        
        "The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name".
        Ch3 v12
        
        the church at Philadelphia
        
        hang on to the end!
        
        promise of being part of God's temple = secure place with God
        
        belong to The Lord & His Messiah
        
        "To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne". Ch3 v21
        
        the church at Laodicea
        
        deceived about own spiritual state
        
        not rich but poor
        
        in danger of being vomitted out of Jesus mouth
        
        no longer belong to him
        
        Jesus is knocking at the door
        
        will they/you open it & dine with him?
        
        urgent summons
        
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  - - - Call for Perseverance
        
        addressed to real believers
        
        to hold on Ch12 v17
        
        emphasis on faithfulness
        
        believing in everyday life
        
        believers not perfect cf seven churches
        
        but they do persevere
        "if anyone has an ear, let him hear" Ch13 v9
        
        eternal punishment faces idolaters
        
        "book of life" Ch20 v11-15
        
        name must be in there
        
        concrete evidence of good works
        cf Matt Ch7 v13-29; Rom Ch2 v6-11;
        1 Cor Ch6 v9-10; 2 Cor Ch5 v10; Gal 5 v21;
        Ps Ch62 v12; Prov Ch24 v12
        “Look, I am coming soon!
        My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done." Ch22 v12
        
        those who practice evil are not included:-
        "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” Ch21 v8
        
        "Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts,
        the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood." Ch22 v15
- - - - "I am the Alpha & the Omega" Rev 1v8; 21v6
        "the beginning & the end" 21v6
        the Lord reigns over every every moment
        & circumstance
        'Almighty' used 8x
        Rev 4v8; 11v17; 15v3; 16v7 v14; 19v6 v15; 21v22
        Awesome creator
        & sustainer of the universe
        "King of the nations" Rev 15v3
  - - - God's awesome vastness
        
        sea of glass
        
        expanse
        
        beyond the created
    - - The elders
        (? sum total of human wisdom & knowledge?)
        
        fall before Him & worship Him
        "all glory and honour and power" 4 v11
        God is worshiped
        
        He is Creator of all things
        
        He is Sovereign over the universe
        
        He is incomparably great
        
        Songs of Praise
        
        “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’
        who was, and is, and is to come.” 4 v8
        
        “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
        to receive glory and honor and power, 
        for you created all things,
        and by your will they were created
        and have their being.” Rev 4v 11
        
        “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honour and glory and power, for ever and ever!” 5 v13
        
        “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honour and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” 7 v12
        
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  - - - Seal Judgments
        Summary
        cf Mt 24; Mk 13; Lk 21
        
        wars, famines, earthquakes, death
        
        time? pre-fall of Jerusalem?
        from the resurrection/ascension to current day?
        
        horses cf Zechariah
        
        white horse rider - Christ?
        
        God's judgment on human sin
        
        affects believers as well
        
        sixth seal brings history to an end?
        
        "day of the Lord" imagery
        
        not linear but recursive & recapitulatory
        
        seventh seal literary device?
        
        silence in heaven = judgment is imminent
        
        Seals
        Seal 1 6v1-2 White horse The Lamb's Victory
        Seal 2 6v3-4 Red horse War
        Seal 3 6v5-6 Black horse Famine
        Seal 4 6v7-8 Pale horse Rampant death
        Seal 5 6v9-11 Souls of the martyrs Cry for justice, call for patience
        Seal 6 6v12-17 The final earthquake Present creation comes to an end
        Seal 7 8v1-5 Silence in heaven Further judgments
      - Trumpet Judgments
        Summary
        
        highly symbolic
        
        1st cf Exodus plagues
        
        Ezekiel 38v22 blood
        
        judgment on nature
        
        2nd water -> blood Ex 7v20
        
        3rd water -> bitter Jer 9v15; 23v15
        
        4th darkness cf Ex 10v21-23
        
        5th locusts cf Ex 10v12; Joel 2v1-11
        locusts under Apollyon, demonic
        
        6th 'release' of 4 angels at Euphrates
        are demons? followed by demonic army?
        continued unrepentant humanity
        
        7th end of history, reign of Christ,
        judgment of God
        
        show God's judgment on the world
        
        call for repentance
        
        hear the sound of the trumpets
        
        Trumpets
        Trumpet 1 8v7 One third of earth Hell, fire, blood on land
        Trumpet 2 8v8-9 One third of sea Burning mountain throw into sea
        Trumpet 3 8v10-11 One third of rivers & springs. Burning star falls on rivers & springs
        Trumpet 4 8v12 One third of lights in the sky. Sun, moon & stars darkened
        Trumpet 5 9v1-11 First woe Demons from the abyss
        Trumpet 6 9v13-21 Second woe Demons from the east
        Trumpet 7 11v15-19 Third woe Kingdom come
      - Bowl Judgments
        Summary
        God's holiness
        
        fear God
        
        give him glory
        
        worship him as Creator
        
        The "sea of glass" 15v2 - red sea? / judgment
        
        Judgment throughout history?
        
        Bowls
        Bowl 1 16v2 Earth Sores on those who worship the beast
        Bowl 2 16v3 Sea Seas turn to blood & death in the sea
        Bowl 3 16v4-7 Rivers & springs Rivers & springs turn to blood
        Bowl 4 16v8-9 Sun People scorched
        Bowl 5 16v10-11 Throne of the beast Plunged into darkness
        Bowl 6 16v12-16 River Euphrates Battle of Armageddon
        Bowl 7 16v17-21 Air Kingdom come
        
        1st bowl - sores cf plagues Ex 9v10, life becomes unbearable
        
        2 & 3 signal the end of life on earth & history
        
        2nd bowl - everything in the sea dies
        
        3rd bowl - all rivers & springs turn to blood
        
        no 'who is to come'
        
        judgments - are they proportionate & fair?
        
        the blood of God's people has been shed 16v5-7
        
        people scorched with fire - agony - physical/psychological?
        
        5th bowl - engulfed in darkness cf Ex 10v22, more pain, but still refuse to repent
        
        6th bowl - Euphrates dries up opening the way from the east
        
        battle of Armageddon = 'mountain of Megiddo'
        
        Megiddo a plain not a mountain = last great battle
        
        7th bowl - "It is done" = end of history
- - - - hair - "like white wool, like snow" 1v14
        cf Daniel 7v9
        Yahweh - "clothing . . . white as snow";
        "hair . . . like pure wool"
        = eternal & wise
      - eyes - "like a flame of fire" 1v14
        cf Daniel 10v6
        angel eyes "like flaming torches"
        see also Rev 12v18 & 19v12
        = exhaustive & comprehensive knowledge
        = sees &.judges based on facts
        
        "I know"
        seven statements
        to seven churches
        2v2,9,13,19; 3v1,8,15
        = knows all things completely
      - voice - "like the roar of many waters" 1v15
        cf Ezekiel 1v24 & 43v2
        = glory, majesty, splendour
        = same strength as Yahweh
      - feet - "like bronze glowing in a furnace"
        not mentioned? in the book
        = permanence, stability?
    - - Seven Stars
        = angels
        over which Jesus has authority
      - "His face was like
        the sun shining in all its brilliance." 1v16
        cf Dan 10v6; Rev 10v1
      - Jesus
        "I am the First and the Last." 1 v17
        cf 2v8; 22v13
        Yahweh says
        “I am the first and I am the last;
        apart from me there is no God.” Is 44v6; 48v12
        
        God
        “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”
        says the Lord God,
        “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” 1v8; 21v6
        
        John 1 v1
        "In the beginning was the Word,
        and the Word was with God,
        and the Word was God."
      - God is worthy 4v9&11
        The Lamb is worthy 5v8,9,12
        “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
        be praise and honor and glory and power,
        for ever and ever!” 5v13
        
        worshipped together & equally
        NOT as alternate choices
        
        shared role 6v16,17; 7v9,10
      - Other incidents of
        Jesus = God
        
        Seventh Trumpet, the end of history
        "The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
        “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.” 11v15
        
        the day of judgment
        "They called to the mountains and the rocks,
        “Fall on us and hide us
        from the face of him who sits on the throne
        and from the wrath of the Lamb!" 6v16
        
        144, 000
        
        belong to the Lamb & God
        "Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads." 14v1
        
        Jesus identified as
        the Lord of Lords & King of kings
        "They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings" 17v14
        cf 19v16
        Yahweh - identified as Lord of Lords
        Deut 10v17; Ps 136v3