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Summary of Revelation Date and place: Written on Patmos about 96 AD, (Revelation 1:9) Author: The apostle John - Revelation 1:1; summary of St. John Theme: The revelation (unveiling) of (from) Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show unto His servants things (events) which must shortly come to pass (Revelation 1:1). These "things" were to take place from John's day to and including the eternal events of the new heaven and new firth. The events are consecutive in order with parenthetical passages inserted between the main events, which explain certain things that are to happen along with the main events but are not the same as these events. The book is in 3 clearly defined divisions, the contents of which renew each other in the order given, as follows: 1. The things which thou hast seen, i.e., the vision of Christ in the midst of the candlesticks (Revelation 1:12-20). Which, together with the introduction to the whole book forms chapter 1. 2. The things which are, i.e., the 7 letters to the 7 churches in Asia Minor, or present Turkey, to whom the whole book is addressed (Revelation 1: 19, 2: 1-3:22). These messages to the churches apply to the whole church age and until the rapture of the church just before the future tribulation and coming of the Antichrist who win be here for the last 7 years of this age (Daniel 9:.2; 2 Th. 2: ~-12; Revelation. 6: 1-19:, 21) 3. The things which must be hereafter, i.e., events after the rapture of the church (1:19; 4:1-22:5). These include the scenes in heaven (Revelation 4-5), the seals and their parenthetical statements (Rev. 6: 1-8: 1), the trumpets and their parenthetical statements (Revelation 8:2-13:18), the vials and their parenthetical statements (Revelation 14:1-19:21), the Millennium (Revelation 20), and the new heaven and new earth (Revelation 21:1-22:5), and events of the conclusion (Revelation 22:6-21) Statistic; 66th and last book of the Bible; 22 chapters: 404 verses; 12,000 words; 9 questions; 53 verses of history; 10 verses of fulfilled, 341 verses of unfulfilled prophecy and ?? verses of Old Testament quotations. |
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REVELATION - SONGS: 19:11 Rider on the white horse |