Summary of the book of Revelation
Date and place: Written on the Island of Patmos about AD96 (Revelation 1:9)
Author: The apostle John (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 quickly come to pass (1:1). These “things” were to take place from John’s day to and including the eternal events of the new heaven and new earth. 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 (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 (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 will not win. Will this Antichrist be here for the full 7 years of this age or period? read Dan. 9:.2; 2 Th. 2:12; Ro. 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 (Rev. 4-5), the seals and their parenthetical statements (Rev. 6: 1-8: 1), the trumpets and their parenthetical statements (Rev. 8:2-13:18), the vials and their parenthetical statements (Rev. 14:1-19:21), the Millennium (Rev. 20), and the new heaven and new earth (Rev. 21:1-22:5), and events of the conclusion (Rev. 22:6-21).
Statistics: 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 the Book of Revelation has no direct quotations from the Old Testament, but it has about 550 references back to the Old Testament.
REVELATION – SONGS 1:4 Grace and Peace 1:6 I am a King, I am a Priest No. 541 1:7 At Your feet we fall No. 463 1:17-18 Behold I am the Lord No. 467 2:7-3:21 Overcomers 4:8 Holy Holy Holy No.529 5:2 You’re so worthy No. 680 7:10 Hail to the Lamb 516 11:15 Kingdom of the world 19:6 Hallelujah to the King 517 21:3-5 Behold the tabernacle of God is with men Revelation I stand before you Lamb And I beheld and I heard Jules Riding’s Songs from the CD Revelation – used with written permission from Jules Riding. |
Other slides in this module:
- The Ark of God
- Satan the Red Dragon and the Woman
- 1260 Days
- The Beast out of the Sea
- The Beast out of the Earth
- The Image or statue of the Beast of the Sea
- The Mark of the Beast is 666
- The Lamb and the 144,000 Jewish men
- The First Angel of three Angels with the eternal gospel to proclaim
- First Cup – The Second Angel
- The Third Angel with the Second Cup of God’s wrath
- 300 km – The harvest of the earth
- Seven Angels with the Seven Plagues
- The First Bowl of Wrath – image 666
- The Second Bowl of Wrath – Sea turned to Blood
- The Third Bowl of Wrath – Rivers of Blood
- The fourth Bowl of Wrath – on people
- The fifth Bowl of Wrath – Sores and Pain
- The sixth Bowl of Wrath – war
- The Seventh Bowl of Wrath – Hailstones
- The Golden Cup of Filth – The Woman on the Beast
- The Angel spoke
- The Fall of Babylon
- Shipping or Trading stopped
- Angel announces the coming of Jesus
- The Rider on the White Horse
- Jesus holds the Keys
- The Satanic-Red Dragon
- 1000 years of Satan’s doom
- Book or Scroll of Life
- WE WIN! I looked at the end of the book and WE WIN
- The Holy City – the New Jerusalem
- 2200km, Size of the new city
- God is light for the city
- The River of the Water of Life
- Jesus Reigns
- Jesus is the lamp and God is the light
- The Bride of Christ
- The Angel Gabriel announced Jesus’ Birth
- The Cross – Jesus is returning soon
- Jesus Is returning soon
- Questions and Answers 44 to 63
- Questions and Answers 64-84
- Resources – Revelation Part One and Two
- Background Information – Revelation Part Two