Revelation 4-11
{THRONE, SEALS, TRUMPETS}
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- Second Division - Outline - {PDF Copy} - (An outline of the Second Literary Division of the Book of Revelation from Chapter 4 through Chapter 16)
- An Absent Church? - (Revelation is a message to the church, the people of God, and one concerned with its situation on the Earth) - {PDF Copy}
- I Came to be in Spirit - (On four different occasions, John found himself in the Spirit where he was transported to a new location to receive another vision) - {PDF Copy}
- The Throne - (The image of the Throne presents the reader a picture of God reigning over all things at the center of the Creation – Revelation 4:1-11) - {PDF Copy}
- The Sealed Scroll - (The One Sitting on the Throne held a scroll sealed shut by Seven Seals, and the universe was searched for one worthy to open it – Revelation 5:1-4) - {PDF Copy}
- Worthy is the Lamb! - (The central figure in John’s visions is the slain Lamb who alone is worthy to open the sealed scroll and receive sovereignty over all things– Revelation 5:5-14) - {PDF Copy}
- Priestly Kingdom - {PDF Copy} - (Disciples reign with Jesus as priests who render service in his Tabernacle and mediate his light and Word in the World)
- Lamb and King - (Jesus is the slain Lamb, the true Messiah of Israel sent by God to redeem humanity and Shepherd the Nations) - {PDF Copy}
{SEVEN SEALS}
- Opening the Seven Seals - (Upon his arrival before the Throne, the slain Lamb begins to break open the Seven Seals that enclose the Scroll – Revelation 6:1 8:5) - {PDF Copy}
- The First Seal - (Revelation 6:1-2 - The Lamb now breaks open the first seal, releasing a rider carrying a bow and riding a white horse) - {PDF Copy}
- The Second Seal - (Revelation 6:3-4 - The second rider is on a fiery-red horse sent to remove peace from the earth by causing men to slay one another) - {PDF Copy}
- The Third Seal - (Revelation 6:5-6 - The third seal releases the rider on the black horse, producing economic hardship) - {PDF Copy}
- The Fourth Seal - (Revelation 6:7-8 - The fourth seal releases a rider named Death who is followed by Hades, gathering up the dead in his wake) - {PDF Copy}
- First Four Seals - Aftermath - (The first four seal openings occurred under the watchful eyes of the Lamb and the four living creatures around the throne) - {PDF Copy}
- Fifth Seal - Martyrs - (Revelation 6:9-11 - The fifth seal reveals the souls of martyrs underneath an altar from which they cry out for vindication and justice) - {PDF Copy}
- Sixth Seal - Wrath - (Revelation 6:12-17 - The Sixth Seal opening ushers in the Day of the Lord, the time of wrath upon mankind) - {PDF Copy}
- The Great Earthquake - (The final day of wrath is characterized by unprecedented celestial and terrestrial events, including the “great earthquake”) - {PDF Copy}
- Sealing the Saints - (Revelation 7:1-3 - God’s servants are sealed before the “four winds of the earth” are unleashed by the four horsemen) - {PDF Copy}
- Numbering the Saints - (Revelation 7:4-8 - 144,000 males from the tribes of Israel are numbered and assembled for transit to the Promised Land) - {PDF Copy}
- Innumerable Saints - (Revelation 7:9-12 - John now sees an innumerable multitude from all nations standing before the Lamb and the Throne) - {PDF Copy}
- Standing Before The Lamb - (Revelation 7:13-17 - One of the twenty-four elders interpreted the vision of the innumerable multitude standing before the Throne) - {PDF Copy}
- The Redeemed of the Earth - (In Revelation, the one people of God is composed of the men purchased from every nation by the blood of the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
- Silence in Heaven - (Revelation 8:1-6 - The Seventh Seal forms a transition to the next sevenfold series, the Seven Trumpets) - {PDF Copy}
{SEVEN TRUMPETS}
- Sounding the Seven Trumpets - (An overview of the Seven Trumpets and the several intervening events) - {PDF Copy}
- First Trumpet - Hail - (Revelation 8:7 - The first trumpet unleashes a plague based on the seventh plague of Egypt, but with modifications) - {PDF Copy}
- Second Trumpet - Burning Mountain - (Revelation 8:8-9 - The second trumpet harms much of the commerce on which Babylon and the “inhabitants of the earth” depend) - {PDF Copy}
- Third Trumpet - Bitter Waters - (Revelation 8:10-11 - The third trumpet produces a great star that falls onto the sources of freshwater, embittering them) - {PDF Copy}
- Fourth Trumpet - Darkness - (Revelation 8:12 - The fourth trumpet causes a partial darkening of the sun, moon, and the stars) - {PDF Copy}
- The Three Woes - (An eagle flying in mid-heaven announces the last three trumpets, the three woes – Revelation 8:13) - {PDF Copy}
- Fifth Trumpet, First Woe - (The fifth trumpet unleashes the first of three woes, and malevolent creatures began to ascend from the Abyss) - {PDF Copy}
- Sixth Trumpet - Second Woe - (The sixth trumpet is related to the sixth bowl of wrath; both release creatures from beyond the Euphrates) - {PDF Copy}
- The Little Scroll - (John saw the scroll again, now unsealed and completely open, signifying his call to prophesy once more to peoples and kings) - {PDF Copy}
- Sanctuary Measured - (The sanctuary must be measured before the city can be inhabited, but first, it must be trampled underfoot) - {PDF Copy}
- Forty-Two Months - (The forty-two months and 1,260 days both refer to the same prophetic period when the saints are persecuted) - {PDF Copy}
- Two Witnesses Testify - (The Two Witnesses must complete their testimony before the Beast is unleashed from the Abyss - Revelation 11:3-6) - {PDF Copy}
- The Beast from the Abyss - (The Beast first appears when he ascends from the Abyss to wage war on the Two Witnesses after they complete their testimony) - {PDF Copy}
- Two Witnesses Slain - (Persecuted by the impenitent inhabitants of the earth, the Two Witnesses lie dead on the main street of the Great City) - {PDF Copy}
- Seventh Trumpet - Third Woe - (The seventh trumpet or second woe ushers in the consummation of the kingdom and the final judgment) - {PDF Copy}
- Babylon Then and Now - (The story of Ancient Babylon’s demise is reflected in the Sixth Trumpet and the Sixth Bowl of Wrath in the Book of Revelation) - {PDF Copy}
{RELATED STUDIES}
- The Abyss - (The Abyss is the source of satanic attacks against the church even though it remains under the authority of the Lamb – Revelation 11:7) - {PDF Copy}
- The Ascent - (Repeatedly, Satan and his forces ascend from the deep pit to attack the men and women who belong to the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
- Preaching Another Jesus - {PDF Copy} - (Is Jesus still the slain Lamb, or has he become the roaring Lion of Judah hellbent on exacting payback from his enemies and those of the church?)