Revelation: Table of Contents

Preface

2

Introduction to the Book of Revelation

8

Influence

8

Type of Literature

8

Date and Author

9

Intended Readers

10

Purpose and Theme

10

Structure

10

Interpretation

11

Principles of Interpretation

12

References

13

Translation

13

How This Study Works

13

#1. Christ in the Midst of the Lampstands (chapter 1)

15

Prologue (1:1-3)

16

Greetings (1:4-5a)

16

Numbers in the Bible

17

1:5b-7 Doxology and Response

18

Tribulation (1:9)

19

Geography (1:9-11)

20

1:12-20 Symbolic Representation of Christ

21

#2. Letters to the Seven Churches (chapters 2-3)

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The Church in Ephesus (2:1-7)

24

The Church in Smyrna (2:8-11)

26

The Church in Pergamum (2:12-17)

26

The Church in Thyatira (2:18-29)

27

The Church in Sardis (3:1-6)

28

The Church in Philadelphia (3:7-13)

29

The Church in Laodicea (3:14-22)

30

#3. The Lion That Is the Lamb (chapters 4-5)

33

#4. The 144,000 (chapters 6-10)

37

The Seven Seals (6:1-17)

38

The 144,000 (7:1-8)

40

The Great Multitude in White Robes (7:9-17)

42

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer (8:1-5)

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The Seven Trumpets (8:6-21)

45

The Angel and the Little Scroll (10:1-11)

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#5. By the Blood of the Lamb (chapters 11-13)

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The Two Witnesses (11:1-14)

51

The Seventh Trumpet (11:15-19)

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The Woman and the Dragon (12:1-13:1a)

55

The Beast out of the Sea (13:1b-10)

57

The Beast out of the Earth (13:11-18)

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#6. Alas, Babylon! (chapters 14-18)

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The Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5)

61

The Three Angels (14:6-13)

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The Harvest of the Earth (14:14-20)

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Seven Angels with Seven Plagues (15:1-8)

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The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath (16:1-21)

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The Woman on the Beast (17:1-18)

67

The Fall of Babylon (18:1-24)

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#7. The Millennium (chapters 19-20)

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Praise from the Heavenly Multitude (12:1-10)

71

The Rider on the White Horse (19:11-21)

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The Thousand Years (20:1-15)

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#8. We Shall See His Face (chapters 21-22)

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The New Jerusalem (21:1-27)

80

The River of Life (22:1-6)

85

Jesus Is Coming (22:7-21)

85

Appendix 1: References and Helpful Commentaries

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Commentaries

89

Reference Books

90

Works of Art

90

Appendix 2: Questions for Individual or Group Study

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#1. Christ in the Midst of the Lampstands (chapter 1)

92

#2. Letters to the Seven Churches (chapters 2-3)

93

#3. The Lion That Is the Lamb (chapters 4-5)

94

#4. The 144,000 (chapters 6-10)

95

#5. By The Blood of the Lamb (chapters 11-13)

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#6. Alas, Babylon! (chapters 14-18)

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#7. The Millennium (chapters 19-20)

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#8. We Shall See His Face (chapters 21-22)

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Appendix 3: Charts

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7 Churches Comparison chart (Lesson 2)

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7 Seals chart (Lesson 4)

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7 Trumpets chart (Lesson 4)

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Parallelism chart (Lesson 4)

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7 Mystic Figures chart (Lesson 5)

108

Visions of Final Judgment chart (Lesson 6)

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7 Bowls chart (Lesson 6)

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Chronologies of the Millennium and Christ's Return chart (Lesson 7)

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About the Author

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