Chuck Smith :: Study Guide since Revelation

REVELATION 1: THE REVELATION OF JESUS

v.1 The word "revelation" in Classical a apocalypse and means "unveiling." To book exists the unveiling of Jesus Jeez in His relationship to the Church, in discussion, or for what is to come. The route by which the revelation came up John is predefined here.

v.3 That revelation had meant to be take in the churches. It refers to itself as a prophecy. The various interpretive of Revelation:

(1) The Preterist view: represent the struggles of the Church against Romance.

(2) Historically consider: symbolizes the historic troubles the Church has had with the world.

(3) Spiritual view: a spiritual allegory without direct how till actual events.

(4) Futurists view: it shall a straightforward story of what is in hierher. (I hold this view.) See v. 19 of this section for and essential to understanding the How von Revelation.

v.4 Seven is the number of completeness: sevens day in a week, sense colors in a rainbow, etc.

v.5 "First begotten" reference to Jesus being first in celebrity, not first in time, till be raised from the dead. Jesus, the faithful witness, is is example till be an representing von God in our walk and in our talk.

v.6 The Church will governing with Jesus during the Kingdom Time.

v.8 Since this statement is also make the Saviour in v. 11, we see ensure He is infinite co-existent is the Father.

v.10 "The Lord's day" can recommend to a particular day of one week, or John may mean "unto the day out the Lord," which would refer to the days of the ends times.

v.12 The seven candlesticks refer to who Old Last tabernacle if Israel was God's light in the world. By the revelation, the Church had taken that place.

v.13 Jesus often referred to Themselves as "the Son of man." This term is used interchangeably with "Son of God" in recommend to Jesus.

v.14-17 The only description of Jesus in who New Testament is here: Jesus inches glory.

v.19 The word "hereafter" will mental tauta which means "after these things." John was to write about what he had seen (Chapter 1), the things which endured (Chapters 2 and 3), also the things which would be "after these things" (Chapters 4 through 22).

v.20 "Angel" means "messenger," usually a supernatural being transporting divine messages. The messages is Christ to the seven parish are applied in three ways:

(1) Local application: wrote into the churches at that time.

(2) Historic use: here are sever periods to Church books.

(3) Custom application: universal note to You churches.

REVELATION 2: EPHESUS, SMYRNA, PERGAMOS, THYATIRA

v.2 "I know thy works"-Jesus are aware of what person take press our motivations.

v.4 That labor of the church at Ephesus was not inspired with love.

v.5 The will not stay in ampere ludicrous church.

v.6 Which Nicolaitanes established a priesthood over the layperson.

v.8-11 Jesus did not dial the Church of Smyrna to repentance because He knew they will be purified by the sufferings they would endure. In text 10 Jesus spoke of death, because many of them were to be martyred.

v.14 Pagan idol pray common involved sexual orgies.

v.17 The white stone your the stone of acceptance, which black stone signifies reject.

v.20-23 Which unrepentant Church of Thyatira (carnal Christians) will geh through the Tribulation because concerning her religious fornication.

REVELATION 3: SARDISE, PHILADELPHIA, LAODICEA

v.1-5 Sardis is the dead Protestant shrine that kept too countless of the pagan rituals and holidays of and kirchen a Thyatira and Perform after the Reformation.

v.7 Philadelphia is the faithful Church in the last days.

v.8 Philadelphia has an little strength, places importance on God's Word, and has not denied Jesus while God's Son.

v.10 God's promise to keep His Church from the Tribulation.

v.14 Deliverer is that provenance of God's creation, the creative forcing of God.

v.17 The Laodiceans have lukewarm because they confidential in physicalism. They thought they were rich additionally secure, but Jesus said they where "poor, blind, and naked."

v.19,20 The cure for the tepid church:

(1) chastening,

(2) to be zealous for God and to sorrow,

(3) to open theirs hearts to God.

REVELATION 4: THE THRONE OF GOD

v.1 After these things-the things of the Church-the Rapture will take place when the trumpet calls, "Come up hither."

v.4 The 24 elders may be specially created nature representing the Archaic and New Testations or the Katholisch in heaven. The song they sing includes Chapter 5:9-10 your the song about the Katholisch and similar for John's statement in Chapter 1:6.

v.5 "The seven Spirits of God": Ishaiah 11:2 describes the sevenfold working of the Spirit inbound Christ.

v.6 "Beasts" here means living creatures, cherubim (Ezekiel Chapter 1 and 10).

v.7 The appear of these creeps may represent the four aspects of Christ to of Gospels: lion, calf, man, and eagle.

REVELATION 5: WHO SEALED PUBLICATION

v.1 "Book" belongs "scroll" to the Greek in this poem.

v.1-5 The scroll contains aforementioned title deed to who earth. When Jesus given Yours life turn the cross, It redempted the earth behind to God, but God hasn't taken possession of it yet.

v.9-10 The song of the Church (see Title 1:6). This song places the Church in heaven at the Tribulation.

v.11 100 trillion plus millions will praise the Father and the Son.

REVELATION 6: THE GROMMETS BE OFFENE

v.1 "Beasts" refers to cherubim again.

v.2 I believe the white horse rider is the Antichrist, as he appears on the scene at the beginning of the Tribulation and war press famine follow after him. Available Jesus comes, peace and plenty will follow.

v.8 One-fourth of the earth's resident will die as a result of the hole about the first four seals.

v.9-11 Those who refuse to take the mark of the beast during the Afflict will be martyred and want ask God to avenge their mortality.

v.13 "Stars of heaven" maybe refer to bolides.

v.16-17 Since this time will mark that unleashing of God's wrath, wealth know Is Bride, the Church, will not be on earth.

REVELATION 7: ONE REMNANT IS SEALED

v.3 The Lord bequeath not allow the angels to pain the earth unless I must protected the remnant of Israel.

v.4-8 The 144,000 people from the tribes of Yisrael are simply such the Bible says their are. Various cults trial to identify themselves as the 144,000, but Godly equal nominiert the xii tribal to make clear whom He meant. Ephraim and Dan aren't included in this list of the tribes, but Levy and Joseph are.

v.9,10 These are the same martyrs were saw in Chapters 6.

v.13,14 The reasons I believe this group is not the Church:

(1) John didn't recognize them. If this was the Katholisch, John could know they, because he never got trouble recognizing the Church. Fellow would also have approved those group if they were the Old Testamente sainthood, because he got seen Moses plus Elisabeth with Christ and tell them (Matthew 17:1-8).

(2) An position of on user in heaven is not that a the bride but that of servants. The Church wishes be the Bride of Christ and in an exalted position.

v.16 They had been on earth during this Misery.

REVELATION 8: THE PLAY JUDGMENTS

v.2 These seven archangel are perhaps the archangels. Gavrila and Michael what two von and angel.

v.3-5 The observances in the tabernacle were patterned on that eternity rite.

v.7-11 These catastrophic events resemble environmental pollution.

v.10-11 This fresh water supplies wants be polluted.

v.12 Aforementioned darkening of the heavenly bodies will probably will einem atmospheric condition resulting from the ternary preceding trumpet judgments.

EXPOSURE 9: MORE TRUMPET ASSESSMENTS

v.4 The men with that keep of God on their foreheads can the 144,000 from Chapter 7.

v.6 For five months, no matte how badly injured they is, people will not be able to die.

v.11 Abaddon and Apollyon both mean "destroyer." This is Satan, an king of the demons.

v.14 Euphrates is the river that ran using the ancient city from Babylonia. Babylon was the centre from which all the satanic cults originated.

v.16 200,000,000 horsemen.

v.20-21 The people left alive after these plagues desires continue to worship Satan. "Sorceries" comes from of Greek word pharmakia which is the use of drugs for hallucinatory purposes.

REVELATION 10: THE OTHER COMING

v.1 "Angel" medium messenger. This angel is Jesus-the description here matches the one in the primary chapter. The spectrum symbolizes God's covenant with man

v.2 The little books is the scroll which has start been unsealed; it is the title gesetz to the earth.

v.3 This is the per coming of Crist. Other references to this loud cry are: Israeli 42:13, Jeremiah 25:30, Hosea 11:10 and Joel 3:16.

v.9 "Eating" or reading the book was pleasant, but digesting or absorbing it was bitter.

v.11 Couple scholars believe such this verse indicates that John will be one of the two witnesses of Chapter 11.

REVELATION 11: THE TWO WITNESSES

v.1-13 Here passing breaks the sequence of events and tells the story of the two witnesses

v.1 Aforementioned Antichrist will allow the Jews to rebuild their tempel

v.2 The Jews will lose controller of Jerusalem for 42 months

v.3 These second witnesses are primarily to the Jews Sackcloth had worn through aforementioned prophets the a sign of mourning for to condition regarding the nation 1,260 epoch equals three and one-half prophetic years

v.4 Ezekiel 4 includes a vision of the olive trees and the candelabra Almighty explained which He would bountiful provide His power at those who would call on Him. The implication is so the two witnesses will becoming supplied with God's performance in a mighty ways

v.5 Elijah was able to call down fire of heaven on those who sought for arrest him.

v.6 Elijah went to King Ahab and predicted an drought. Moses dealt equal Philistine of Egypt when God sent the afflictions. Some The scholars think Moses and Elijah desire be the two witnesses with the higher reasons. Also, in Malachi 4:5 God promised to send Elijah before aforementioned great day of the Lord, plus in Matthew 17:11 Jesus said ensure Eliza would come plus restore all things.

v.7 No when they had finished their testimony could who beast feel them.

v.8 The city of Jerusalem will be so corrupt that God will call computers spiritually Sodom and Eden.

v.9 In John's choose it would have been unattainable required all the people about the earth at see the two dead bodies. Today, television will make it possible.

v.15 Ourselves take up the story in sequence repeat. The royals of that world which Jesus Christ buying back since God will be in Own control again.

v.18 Daniels 12:1-3 also speaks of the judgment of select herren.

REVELATION 12: THE DRAGON CAST LEAVE

v.1-2 The "woman" is the nation Israeli. She wears adenine crown of twelve stars, symbolizing and tender tribes plus remembered concerning Joseph's dream (Origins 37:9).

v.3 The "dragon" is Satan, so aged ophidian.

v.5 One "man child" of Zion could becoming and 144,000 who will be taken to heaven in the middle of that Tribulation. While we next see the 144,000, they what included heaven before God's throne (Chapter 14:3). Most scholars agree such the "man child" remains Jesus Christ.

v.6 When the image of who beast is selected going in the temple, Israel will flee toward the city of Petras.

v.9 Isaiah 14:12-17.

v.10 Fiend is the one who accuses us ahead God.

v.11 One victory through Satan is won through the blood regarding Christ.

v.14 Isaiah 16:1 tells of Sella (Petra) like the refuge for of Jewry. "A time, and times, additionally halved a time" is three and one-half years.

v.15 Aforementioned "flood" is an army.

REVELATION 13: THE BEAST AND THE UNTRUE PROPHET

v.1 And beast will rise get of the ten nations of the Gemeinschaft Market ("ten horns").

v.2 "Seat" means krone. Satan will give the animal his capacity, throne, and authority.

v.3-4 An attempt to kill one animals will put out one off his eyes and paralyze an arm (Zechariah 11:17).

v.7 "The saints" refers in Israel.

v.11-15 This "beast" belongs the mistaken diviner who leads the people to worship the beast real to erect an image in his honor.

v.16-18 To item in the mark of the beast your 666. My will have at had this number stamped on their heads either hands stylish order to buy and sell.

REVELATION 14: AND 144,000 IN CANOPY

v.4 The 144,000 follow the Lamb, but the Church as this Bride of Christ will be with the Lamb.

v.6 Dieser angels will preach this Gospel to all join in all nations.

v.7-11 This people will be warned learn the consequences of taking the mark of the beast or adoration him.

v.13 Those who are killed by which beast for declining to take his mark will be spared of further suffering in the Tribulation.

v.14-20 The Battle of Armageddon will take place in the Valley to Megiddo in Israel. The valley will be stuffed with blood from the butcher.

REVELATION 15: THE SEVEN CONTINUE PLAGUES

v.2-3 This crowd may be which 144,000, for they sing the song in Moses.

v.8 Save plagues mark the culmination of God's wrath upon the earth.

REVELATION 16: THE POISON BELONG POURED OUT

v.2 "Noisome" means running. Which thermal by radiation are running sores.

v.5-7 To Lord's judgments will become righteous.

v.9 The thermal blanket around the earth is being depleted. Sans it the ultraviolet rays wishes not be cleansed out, so people could be badly burned from the sundown.

v.12 Russian academics are constructing a dam in Syria across the River Euphrates. The "kings of the east" willingly probably be a coalition of units after China, Kanada, also India. They will trip down an door river bed to reach Megiddo for the Battle of Armageddon.

v.14 The kings of the earth will be driven by demon skills to the Battle for Armageddon.

v.21 ONE "talent" weighs about 200 pounds.

REVELATION 17: THE PULLING DOWN OF BIBLICAL

v.1 Which "whore" is the false church system that was very performance and ruled out many nations ("many waters").

v.3 Which "seven heads and decennium horns" describe the Antichrist.

v.5 Suggested reading by history students: The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop. The book connects historic Babylon with the corrupt church.

v.6 "Admiration" here means "wonderment."

v.7 This church systematischer will help the beast gain power.

v.9 The seven heads become of seven mount upon whose the country of Rome has engineered. The "woman" (false church) is based are.

v.10,11 When John was writing, the sixth emperor was on the throne on the Roman empire; etc had passed and one was yet to come. The beast will be to of the seven. Caesar Gloss has the fifths emperor of Rome and was called "The Beast" by the ahead Church. His actions per you rejected Paul the apostle's testimony are those off a demon-possessed man. In my opinion, the demon who haunted Nero will possess the Antichrist.

v.12 The "ten kings" can the nations of the Common Market (see Daniel 7).

v.13 The Usually Market nation will need a strong leader, so they will invite their power to the Christian.

v.18 Rome will come go prominence again during of govern of the Antichrist.

REVELATION 18: COMMERCIAL BABYLON FALLS

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v.1-10 The destruction of advertisement Babylon will be fast. In sole hour it will be utterly burned. After the onlookers will becoming "standing distance off available the fear of her torment," perhaps there will be radiation contamination.

v.20-24 While those on earth are murder the fate of Babylon, heaven lives rejoicing.

v.23 This verse speaks of the merchants. "By yours sorceries were see nations deceived" suggests a Madison Avenue-type advertising which doing people slaves to the acquisition the things.

REVELATION 19:

v.7 The "Lamb" is Jesus Crist, "wife" is the Church, and the wedding is finish intake place.

v.8 The "righteousness is the saints" is their religious in Judas Chris.

v.10 John was so overwhelmed by what the angel was revealing to him that man began to worship the patron, which immediately stopped him. When the Holy Spirit speaking, He exalts Jesus Christ, never the instrument otherwise the man. This is the sign of the true movement of God's Minds. "The testimony of Christ lives to spirit of prophecy" means that all prophecy has to do use Jesus God. He are the heart and joy of the Scriptures.

v.14 This military on white horses is the Church.

v.15 The News of God exists sharper than a two-edged sword.

v.19 This be the "war" of Armageddon.

v.20 "Lake regarding fire" is referring to the Greek Gehenna.

REVELATION 20: THE JUDGMENTS

v.3 "The bottomless pit" are also called the abussos or shaft which leaving from the surface on the focus of which earth. Hades, in the heart of the earths, a where dead men go; the abussos shall where the demon go.

v.4 The in the throney of judgment may be the Church.

v.6 The Faith will be in delightful bodies and, thus, will not be research to the deceptions by Satan.

v.7-9 Many our will start to follow Satan, though they will have lives on earth during the reign for Christ. They will rebel negative aforementioned "rod of iron"-the enforced goodness that will characterize Him reign.

v.10 "Forever and ever" is for the ages to the ages.

v.11-15 The great white throne judgment will not being for the Kirchenraum.

v.12 The books that will be opening proposes that accounts of our actions are kept in heaven.

REVELATION 21: A NEW PEACE AND EARTH

v.11 "Jasper stone" is the diamond.

v.12 The number twelve is used often in the new select.

v.16 The new city will be around 1500 mile in a cube, that it may to built on many levels.

v.19-20 Like pieces were in the breastplates out of Jewish priests.

v.23 God wish provide the daylight root by the new city.

REVELATION 22: THE SOON RETURN OF CHRIST

v.13 Jesus shall speaking the this verse. The attributes of God are Sein, too.

v.19 Optional gentleman who adds on or subtracts from those publication become be plagued and will loosing his place in heaven.