prophets of the new testament © john stevenson, 2010

Prophets of Prophets of the New Testamentthe New Testament

© John Stevenson, 2010

Vision of Jesus and

Seven letters to

seven churches

1-3 4-7

Throne of God & Scroll

with seven seals

8-11

Seven trumpets

12-16

Christ, the

Dragon & the Seven Bowls

17-19

The Harlot

on Seven Hills &

the Bride

20

The King

reigns

21-22

New Heaven & New Earth

Each ends with a promise

of 2nd Coming

Christ wipes away every tear

(7:17)

Christ will reign forever &

ever (11:15)

Fall of the

nations

“It is done”

(16:17)

Rider on the White Horse (19:16)

Judge &

Lake of Fire

I am coming quickly (22:20)

Revelation 1:9 Revelation 1:9 I, John, your brother and fellow

partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 1:10-11 Revelation 1:10-11 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's

day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, 11 saying, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

Ephesus

Smyrna

Pergamum

Sardis

Thyatira

Philadelphia

Laodicea

Revelation 1:12-13 Revelation 1:12-13 Then I turned to see the voice

that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; 13 and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.

I lifted my eyes and looked, and I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man behold, there was a certain man

dressed in linen, whose waist was dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with girded with a belt of a belt of pure gold of pure gold of Uphaz. Uphaz. 66 His body also His body also was was like like

beryl, his face had the appearance beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like of lightning, his eyes were like

flaming torches, his arms and feet flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult. (Daniel 10:5-6).sound of a tumult. (Daniel 10:5-6).

Revelation 1:14Revelation 1:14His head and His hair were white

like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

I kept looking Until thrones were set up, and I kept looking Until thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took the Ancient of Days took His His seat; His seat; His

vesture vesture was was like white snow and the hair of like white snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne His head like pure wool. His throne was was ablaze with flames, its wheels ablaze with flames, its wheels were were a a

burning fire. (Daniel 7:9).burning fire. (Daniel 7:9).

Revelation 1:15Revelation 1:15His feet were like burnished

bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.

Revelation 1:16Revelation 1:16In His right hand He held seven

stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.

Can you bind the Can you bind the chains of the chains of the

Pleiades, or loose Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion? the cords of Orion?

(Job 38:31)(Job 38:31)

Revelation 1:17-18Revelation 1:17-18When I saw Him, I fell at His feet

like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, 18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.”

Revelation 1:19Revelation 1:19Therefore write the things which

you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

Revelation 1:20Revelation 1:20As for the mystery of the seven

stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamp-stands are the seven churches.

Revelation 4:1Revelation 4:1After these things I looked, and

behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”

Revelation 4:2Revelation 4:2Immediately I was in the Spirit;

and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.

Revelation 4:3Revelation 4:3And He who was sitting was like a

jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.

Revelation 4:4Revelation 4:4Around the throne were twenty-

four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:5Revelation 4:5Out from the throne come flashes

of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;

Revelation 5:1Revelation 5:1I saw in the right hand of Him who

sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.

Revelation 5:2-3Revelation 5:2-3And I saw a strong angel

proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it.

Revelation 5:4-5Revelation 5:4-5Then I began to weep greatly

because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it; 5 and one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

Revelation 5:6Revelation 5:6And I saw between the throne

(with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

Revelation 6:9-10Revelation 6:9-10When the Lamb broke the fifth

seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

Revelation 6:11Revelation 6:11And there was given to each of

them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.

Revelation 6:12-13Revelation 6:12-13I looked when He broke the sixth

seal, and there was a great earth-quake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

Revelation 6:14Revelation 6:14The sky was split apart like a

scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Revelation 6:15-16Revelation 6:15-16Then the kings of the earth and

the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb…”

Revelation 6:17Revelation 6:17“…for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Revelation 7:2-3Revelation 7:2-3And I saw another angel

ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Revelation 7:9-10Revelation 7:9-10After these things I looked, and

behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; 10 and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

Revelation 7:13Revelation 7:13Then one of the elders answered,

saying to me, “These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?”

Revelation 7:14-15Revelation 7:14-15I said to him, “My lord, you know.”

And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.”

Revelation 7:16-17Revelation 7:16-17“They will hunger no longer, nor

thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation 11:1-2Revelation 11:1-2Then there was given me a

measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. 2 Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months.”

PreteristPreterist

The literal first century temple

that was destroyed by

Titus

SymbolicSymbolic FuturistFuturist

The symbol of the temple

refers to God’s people, the

church

A literal future temple to be constructed before Christ

returns

Literal temple Symbolic temple

Literal temple

42 months: The Roman War to fall of Jerusalem

42 months: Symbolic time

of testing

42 months: Halfway mark in future great

tribulation

The Temple in RevelationThe Temple in Revelation• Lampstand represents the churches (1)Lampstand represents the churches (1)

• The overcomer will be a pillar in the The overcomer will be a pillar in the temple of his God (3:12)temple of his God (3:12)

• The ones coming out of great tribulation The ones coming out of great tribulation will serve the Lord day and night in His will serve the Lord day and night in His heavenly temple (7:15)heavenly temple (7:15)

• The ark of the covenant seen in the temple The ark of the covenant seen in the temple of God which is in heaven (11:19)of God which is in heaven (11:19)

• The Lord and the lamb are the temple The Lord and the lamb are the temple (21:22)(21:22)

Revelation 7Revelation 7

144,000 sealed144,000 sealed

Revelation 11Revelation 11

Temple measuredTemple measured

The people of God The people of God protectedprotected

The people of God The people of God selectedselected

This group envisioned This group envisioned as 144,000 sealed from as 144,000 sealed from

the tribes of Israel the tribes of Israel represnting people of represnting people of

every tribe, tongue, and every tribe, tongue, and nationnation

This group envisioned This group envisioned as the temple as the temple

representing all of representing all of God’s peopleGod’s people

Revelation 11:3-4Revelation 11:3-4And I will grant authority to my

two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

He said to me, “What do you see?” And He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven and its seven lamps on it with seven

spouts belonging to each of the lamps spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; which are on the top of it; 33 also two also two

olive trees by it, one on the right side of olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side.” the bowl and the other on its left side.”

(Zechariah 4:2-3)(Zechariah 4:2-3)

So he answered me, saying, “Do So he answered me, saying, “Do you not know what these are?” you not know what these are?”

And I said, “No, my lord.” And I said, “No, my lord.” 1414 Then Then he said, “These are the two he said, “These are the two

anointed ones who are standing anointed ones who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth.”by the Lord of the whole earth.”

(Zechariah 4:13-14)(Zechariah 4:13-14)

rh'c.YIh;rh'c.YIh;-ynEb.-ynEb.

Bene-HaYist’harBene-HaYist’har

(Literally, “Sons of oil”)(Literally, “Sons of oil”)

But you all have an anointing from But you all have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know the Holy One, and you all know

(1 John 2:20).(1 John 2:20).

And as for you, the anointing And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him which you received from Him

abides in you, and you have no abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; need for anyone to teach you;

but as His anointing teaches you but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and about all things, and is true and

is not a lie, and just as it has is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him taught you, you abide in Him

(1 John 2:27).(1 John 2:27).

11:2 Forty-two months

11:3 Twelve hundred and sixty days

11:9 Three and a half days

11:11 Three and a half days

12:6 Twelve hundred and sixty days

13:5 Forty-two months

• Elijah prayed and it did not rain for three and a half years

• The Assyrians besieged Samaria for three and a half years before its fall in 721 B.C.

• Jerusalem was dominated for three and a half years by the forces of Antiochus IV.

• The ministry of Jesus is thought to have been three and a half years.

• Nero’s persecution of Christians lasted for three and a half years

• From the time the Romans landed in Palestine to quell the Jewish revolt to the time when Jerusalem fell in A.D. 70 was a period of about three and a half years.

Two Two WitnessesWitnesses JesusJesus The ChurchThe Church

Authority given to them

Authority given to Jesus

Authority given to us

Prophesy for 1260 days

Ministered for 3½ years

Called to minister today

Two olive trees and two

lampstands

The root of Jesse and the

light of the world

We are called to be sources of light and life


They have power

Power of God in miracles

The power of prayer

Beast makes war with them and kills them

Crucified by His enemies

At war with the forces of Satan

After 3½ days the breath of life from God

came into them

Arose from the dead after

three days in the grave

Though the world seems to win, the church will rise again


They went up to heaven in a

cloud

He ascended into heaven and a cloud

received Him

We shall be caught up to

be with Him in the clouds

Revelation 11:15Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded;

and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

Revelation 11:16-17Revelation 11:16-17And the twenty-four elders, who

sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying, “We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.”

Revelation 11:18Revelation 11:18“And the nations were enraged,

and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Revelation 12:1-2Revelation 12:1-2A great sign appeared in heaven:

a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

Revelation 12:3-4Revelation 12:3-4Then another sign appeared in

heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. 4 And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

Revelation 12:5Revelation 12:5And she gave birth to a son, a

male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

Revelation 12:7-8Revelation 12:7-8And there was war in heaven,

Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, 8 and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.

Revelation 12:9Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was thrown

down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:10Revelation 12:10Then I heard a loud voice in

heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.”

Revelation 12:11Revelation 12:11And they overcame him because

of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.

Revelation 13:16-17Revelation 13:16-17And he causes all, the small and

the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Revelation 13:18Revelation 13:18Here is wisdom. Let him who has

understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

Jeremiah 51Jeremiah 51

O you who dwell by many waters,

Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your end (Jeremiah 51:13).

Revelation 17-18Revelation 17-18

And one of the seven angels who had the

seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying,

“Come here, I shall show you the

judgment of the great harlot who sits on

many waters” (Revelation 17:1).


Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand

of the LORD, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; Therefore the

nations are going mad. (Jeremiah 51:7).


...with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine

of her immorality (Revelation 17:2).


The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They stay in the strongholds; Their strength is exhausted,

They are becoming like women; Their

dwelling places are set on fire, The bars

of her gates are broken (51:30).


And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will

hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her

flesh and will burn her up with fire

(Revelation 17:16)


Come forth from her midst, My people, And

each of you save yourselves From the fierce anger of the LORD (Jeremiah

51:45).


And I heard another voice from heaven,

saying, “Come out of her, my people, that

you may not participate in her sins and that you may not

receive of her plagues” (Revelation 18:4).


“Then heaven and earth and all that is in

them will shout for joy over Babylon, For the destroyers will come to

her from the north,” Declares the LORD (Jeremiah 51:48).


Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you

saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced

judgment for you against her

(Revelation 18:20).


“And it will come about as soon as you finish

reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to it and throw it into the

middle of the Euphrates, 64 and say, ‘Just so shall Babylon

sink down and not rise again…

(Jeremiah 51:63-64).


And a strong angel took up a stone like a

great millstone and threw it into the sea,

saying, “Thus will Babylon, the great

city, be thrown down with violence, and will

not be found any longer.” (Revelation

18:21).

““Babylon” of Babylon” of Revelation 17-18Revelation 17-18

• It is a city that prostituted herself with the It is a city that prostituted herself with the kings of the earth (17:2).kings of the earth (17:2).

• The city is pictured as a woman (17:3). The city is pictured as a woman (17:3). We have already seen a picture of a We have already seen a picture of a symbolic woman back in chapter 12. She symbolic woman back in chapter 12. She was a representation of the nation of was a representation of the nation of Israel.Israel.


• The woman is pictures as being The woman is pictures as being drunk with drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesusof the witnesses of Jesus (17:6). (17:6).


• This time, the woman is pictured as sitting This time, the woman is pictured as sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns. These are explained in verse ten horns. These are explained in verse 10 where we read that the seven horns 10 where we read that the seven horns are seven kings; are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little whilecomes, he must remain a little while. .

Revelation 19:6Revelation 19:6Then I heard something like the

voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.”

Revelation 19:7-8Revelation 19:7-8“Let us rejoice and be glad and

give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.” 8 It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Revelation 20:1Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming

down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Revelation 20:2-3Revelation 20:2-3And he laid hold of the dragon,

the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

Revelation 20:4Revelation 20:4Then I saw thrones, and they sat

on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:5-6Revelation 20:5-6The rest of the dead did not come

to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrec-tion. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

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