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PRINCIPLES IN SERVING GOD

NEW TESTAMENT

THE BOOK OF REVELATION

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Book of Revelation

BOOK OF REVELATION

❖The Only prophetic book in the new testament

❖27 books

❖{4 gospels,

❖1 history,

❖14 Pauline Epistles,

❖7 Catholic,

❖1 Revelation}

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AUTHOR

❖“John” (1:1, 4, 9; 22:8)

❖How many books in the new testament John wrote?

➢He wrote five books:

▪ The gospel of John

▪ 1,2 & 3 John

▪ Revelation.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

❖He was one of the three that Christ always took with Him

for major events

▪ Raising Jairus’ daughter (Luke 8:41)

▪ Transfiguration at Mount Tabour (Luke 9:28)

▪ In Gethsemane (Mat 26:36)

▪ During Jesus’ trial (John 18:15)

▪ At the Tomb ( John 20:2)

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

❖A door to heaven, how does it look, and who is there

❖ Most of the events of the book happen to St. John in

visions in heaven. “I was in the spirit”

❖ He sees heaven and its inhabitants: The Throne of God,

the 4 creatures, the 24 priests, the angels, the victorious

church.

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THE TITLE OF THE BOOK

❖The inspired title of the book is "The

Revelation of Jesus Christ."

❖The Greek word "Apocalypses" is

mentioned and it means "unveiling" or

"uncovering" or "revealing."

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AUTHOR

❖In no other New Testament book does a writer refer to

Jesus as the Word except John and Revelation (Jn. 1:1; Rev.

19:13).

❖In no other New Testament book does a writer refer to

Jesus as the Lamb of God (Jn. 1:29; Rev. 5:6).

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DATE

❖Most scholars agree that it was written around year 95

AD.

❖After the destruction of Jerusalem

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WAS THERE ANY SIMILAR PROPHECIES IN THE OT?❖Ezekiel and the Heavenly throne

❖Daniel and the History of the world

❖Jeremiah and the call for repentance

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WHY SHOULD WE STUDY THE BOOK OF REVELATION?

❖God wanted to declare to us His will for the future

▪He told John to write what he sees.

▪To assure us of His second coming, His love and

constant protection for us.

▪To warn us of what will happen so we don’t despair

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❖Provides answers to many of the modern heresies

▪Who is Christ

▪ Is there an after life

▪And a lot more

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WHY SHOULD WE STUDY THE BOOK OF REVELATION?

❖God ordered us to do so

▪Rev 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads and hears the

Words of this prophecy, and the ones keeping the

things written in it, for the time is near.

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WHY SHOULD WE STUDY THE BOOK OF REVELATION?

THE "SEVENS" OF REVELATION

❖Number "7" is repeated several times in Revelation, as

it is the book that sanctifies the present time (7 days of

the week) based on a review of our glorious past when

God granted us great salvation.

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SEVENS IN REVELATION

1- The Seven churches (1:4,11)

2- The Seven Spirits (1:4)

3- The Seven Messages to the Seven Churches(2:1; 3:22)

4- The Seven Lamps of burning fire (4:5)

5- The Seven Seals (5:1; 6:1-8; 8:1)

6- The Seven Horns (5:6)

7- The Seven Eyes (5:6)

8- The Seven Trumpets (8:2; 11:9)

9- The Seven talking thunders (10:3,4)

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10-The Seven thousand Slain due to the earthquake (11:13)

11-The Seven Heads (12:3)

12-The Seven Crowns on his heads

13-The Seven Bowls and the Seven Plagues (15:1; 16:21)

14-The Seven Mountains (17:9)

15-The Seven Kings (17:10)

16 The Seven Personages (12,13)

17-The Seven judgments

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SEVENS IN REVELATION

18- The Seven "New" things

1. New heaven (21:2),

2. New earth (21:1),

3. the new city (21:2),

4. new nations (21:24),

5. new river as crystal (22:1),

6. new market (street) (22:2),

7. new tree of life (22:2).

• Briefly, Jesus Christ says: "Behold, I make all things new" 21:5

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SEVENS IN REVELATION

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THE SEVEN SEALS

1 : A white horse: The Lord goes out conquering and to conquer in His

church.

2 : A red horse: The bloodshed of the martyrs

3 : A black horse: famines - the appearance of heretics (spiritual famine).

4 : A pale horse: Death due to an epidemic - the appearance of the

Antichrist (the death of souls).

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THE SEVEN SEALS

5 : The appearance of the martyrs' souls resting under the altar, they ask

for divine justice.

6 : Earthquake, the sun becomes black, the moon becomes like blood

and the stars fall (the fall of some of mighty men in faith).

7 : When opened (8:1), there was silence in heaven, astonished at the

Lord's coming

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THE SEVEN TRUMPETS

Trumpet 1: hail and fire, mingled with blood, are thrown = the warning

affects the resources of living.

Trumpet 2: a great mountain burning with fire is thrown = a violent

leader appears to punish a rebellious population.

Trumpet 3: a great star falls = some leaders fall into heresy as Nestorius

did.

Trumpet 4: a third of the stars darkens = life darkens in the eyes of

people.

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THE SEVEN TRUMPETS

Trumpet 5: devilish thoughts appear (9:1-12) = preparing for the Antichrist.

They carry inner bitterness towards him who adopts and spreads them.

Trumpet 6: Wars appear (9:13) at a specific hour, a battle arises at the river

Euphrates, the place of the lost Paradise.

It is a decisive battle: When it is time for the Antichrist to be doomed and for

Jesus Christ to come, the battle becomes so severe.

Trumpet 7: After Enoch and Elijah are raised, God's coming for judgment

is announced and eternal happiness is verified (11:15- 18).

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“Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And

in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four

living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.

THE FOUR INCORPOREAL CREATURES

• The first living creature was like a lion

• The second living creature like a calf

• The third living creature had a face like a man

• The fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes

around and within. They do not rest day or night, saying: ‘Holy,

holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!’

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26 Revelation 4:8

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