Revelation with Pastor Larry Stojkovic

The New Testament Book of Revelation uncovers for us, “what must soon take place”. It is Jesus Christ speaking to the early church and to the church today that He is in control of all things. Nothing will happen that will be a surprise to the living God. It is the sovereignty of God that gives His people confidence, that as we draw closer to the return of Christ and experience some difficult times, our times and these times are in His hand.

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The Book of Revelation

Lesson One

Matthew 24 – The Framework

Matthew 23:37-39 - 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 38 See, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Matthew 24:1-2

  • F. F. Bruce – “There is an emphasis on the idea of the verb [walk away]. He was going away, like one who did not mean to return,”
  • The great temple in Jerusalem.
  • The destruction of that temple in A.D. 70.

Matthew 24:3

  • Two questions:
  • When will this happen?
  • What will be the sign of Your coming?

Matthew 24:4-8

  • Signs of His coming:
  • Those who will deceive.
  • Wars and rumors of wars.
  • Nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom.
  • Famines and earthquakes.

Matthew 24:9-14

  • Persecution
  • Defection
  • Deception
  • Love of most will grow cold
  • Lenski – “One of the pitiful sights in the life of the church is the effort to galvanize back into warm activity the love that has been chilled to death.”
  • Then the end will come.

Matthew 24:15

  • Daniel 9:27a – “And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”
  • Martin Luther – “Notice therefore that Matthew unites the two at the same time conceives the end, both of the Jewish nation and of the world. He therefore cooks both into one soup.”

Matthew 24:16-20

  • A time of great distress
  • What is Jesus’ counsel to those going through this distress?
  • Fulfillment of Acts 1:8

Matthew 24:21-28

  • Great tribulation
  • Days will be cut short – Daniel 12:1
  • Christ’s coming “Parousia” – Spurgeon – “Christ’s coming will be sudden, startling, universally visible, and terrifying to the ungodly.”
  • “Where the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”

Matthew 24:29-31

  • Darkness = judgment – Joel 2:10; Revelation 6:12-13; Isaiah 34:4
  • “The sign of the Son of Man.”

Matthew 24:32-35

  • The lesson of the fig tree.
  • “This generation will not pass away.”

Matthew 24:36-39

  • No one knows the day or hour.
  • A comparison with the days of Noah.

Matthew 24:40-44

  • Does this passage describes the rapture?
  • Matthew 13:24-30

Matthew 24:45-51

  • The first of three parables in which Jesus describes and emphasizes the fact that we should be ready for His coming.

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The Book of Revelation

Lesson Two

Introduction and Revelation 1

Introduction

• Writing style of Revelation

• Vivid colors in Revelation

• Setting of Revelation

• Reading Revelation:

Ø Focus on the original purpose of the visions.

Ø Let the original historical context guide your interpretations.

Ø Recognize repetition.

Ø Recognize symbolism.

Ø Read Revelation as Christian Scripture.

Revelation 1:1-3

• The title of the Book.

• Is it a revelation from Jesus or about Him.

• “Slave” versus “servant.”• God – Jesus – Angel – John – Us.

• The message is called prophecy.

• Blessed are those who read, hear, and obey.

• “The time is near.”

• The first three verses speak of John in the third person.

Revelation 1:4-8

• These verses read like the opening of most of the Biblical epistles.

• The seven spirits before His throne:

Ø Isaiah 11:2 – “The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him – the Spirit of wisdom

and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of

knowledge and fear of the Lord.”

• Three titles given to Jesus:

Ø Faithful Witness

Ø Firstborn from the dead

Ø Ruler of kings on earth – Daniel 2:21

• “Made us a kingdom, priest.” – I Peter 2:9-10

• The first of 7 doxologies in the Book.

• “From Him who is and who was and who is to come.”Revelation 1:9

• Strange combination: tribulation – kingdom – patient endurance.

• Why was John on the island of Patmos? – “witness”

Revelation 1:10-11

• John was, “in the Spirit.”

• Who else in the New Testament was given an unique vision?

• The “seven” churches.

Revelation 1:12

• Seven lampstands – Matthew 5:14, Philippians 2:15

• “Golden”

Revelation 1:13

• Where is Christ in regards to the lampstands?

• One like a Son of man – Daniel 10:5-6

• Long robe

• Golden sash around His chest.

Revelation 1:14

• The hairs of His head were white.• His eyes were like a flame of fire.

Revelation 1:15

• His feet were like burnished bronze.

• His voice was like the roar of many waters.

Revelation 1:16

• In His right hand He held seven stars.

Ø Lenski – “Here is a vision of the office of the holy ministry which every

church and every pastor should note. Stars – not human gaslights, or will-o’-

the-wisps. Stars – not doormats on which men wipe their feet. Unchanging

stars – not men who are always out of breath in an effort to catch up with the

changing times of the earth.”

• From His mouth a sharp two-edged sword.

• His face was like the sun shining in full strength.

Revelation 1:17

• John here and John at the Mount of Transfiguration.

• Jesus is the First and the Last.

Ø Steffann – “Who would not cling to Him to the end, to whom the end

belongs.”

Revelation 1:18-20

• Jesus is the Living One

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The Book of Revelation

Lesson Three

Revelation 2-3 – The Letters

  • The Structure of the Seven Letters
  • Revelation 2:1-7
  • The church in Ephesus
  • Local Detail
  • Image of Christ
  • What Christ sees – Good
  • What Christ sees – Bad
  • Call to Repent
  • Promise to the one who conquers

Revelation 2:8-11

  • The church in Smyrna
  • Local Detail
  • Image of Christ
  • What Christ sees – Good
  • What Christ sees – Bad
  • Call to repent
  • Promise to the one who conquers

Revelation 2:12-17

  • The church in Pergamum
  • Local Detail
  • Image of Christ
  • What Christ sees – Good
  • What Christ sees – Bad
  • Call to repent
  • Promise to the one who conquers

Revelation 2:18-29

  • The church in Thyatira
  • Local detail
  • Image of Christ
  • What Christ sees – Good
  • What Christ sees – Bad
  • Call to repent
  • Promise to the one who conquers

Revelation 3:1-6

  • The church in Sardis
  • Local Detail
  • Image of Christ
  • What Christ sees – Good
  • What Christ sees – Bad
  • Call to repent
  • Promise to the one who conquers

Revelation 3:7-13

  • The church in Philadelphia
  • Local Detail
  • Image of Christ
  • What Christ sees – Good
  • What Christ sees – Bad
  • Call to repent
  • Promise to the one who conquers

Revelation 3:14-22

  • The church in Laodicea
  • Local Detail
  • Image of Christ
  • What Christ sees – Good
  • What Christ sees – Bad
  • Call to repent
  • Promise to the one who conquers

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The Book of Revelation

Lesson Four

Revelation 4-5

Revelation 4:1-2

  • Who is the “first voice?”
  • “Come up here…”
  • John was “in the Spirit.”
  • At the center of everything is an occupied throne.

Revelation 4:3-6a

  • John gives a description of the throne:
  • He had the appearance of jasper and carnelian.
  • Around the throne was a rainbow.
  • There were 24 thrones with 24 elders.
  • From the throne came flashes of lightning and peals of thunder.
  • The Spirit was before the throne.
  • Before the throne was a sea of glass.

Revelation 4:6b-8a

  • A description of the four living creatures:
  • Six wings and eyes in front and behind.
  • A lion, an ox, a creature with the face of a man, and an eagle in flight.

Revelation 4:8b-11

  • The first Te Deum.
  • They cast their crowns before the throne.
  • The second Te Deum.

Revelation 5:1-4

  • What is this scroll?

Revelation 5:5-7

  • Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Root of David.
  • John hears about the Lion, but he sees a Lamb.
  • A Lamb with seven horns and seven eyes.

Revelation 5:8-10

  • The harp and golden bowls of incense.
  • The third Te Deum.

Revelation 5:11-14

  • The fourth and fifth Te Deum – worthy is the Lamb who was slain.

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Lesson Five

Revelation 6-7

Revelation 6:1-2

  • Rider on a white horse.
  • Is this Jesus?

Revelation 6:3-4

  • Rider on the red horse.
  • What does this rider represent?

Revelation 6:5-6

  • Rider on the black horse.
  • What does this rider represent?

Revelation 6:7-8

  • Rider on the pale horse.
  • What does this rider represent?

Revelation 6:9-11

  • The significance of the altar.
  • The significance of the white robe.

Revelation 6:12-17

  • What is the significance of the sixth seal?

Revelation 7:1

  • The four corners of the earth.
  • Holding back the four winds of the earth.

Revelation 7:2-8

  • The sealing of the servants.
  • The number 144,000
  • The 12 tribes.

Revelation 7:9-12

  • A picture of the church triumphant.

Revelation 7:13-14

  • Coming out of the great tribulation.

Revelation 7:15-17

  • The saints of God before the throne

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The Book of Revelation

Lesson Six

Revelation 8-9

Revelation 8:1

  • What is this silence in heaven?

Revelation 8:2

  • Who are the 7 angels?
  • What is the significance of the trumpets?

Revelation 8:3-4

  • “Another” angel with a golden censer

Revelation 8:5

  • A continual “pouring out.”
  • This was a scene of judgment.

Revelation 8:6-7

  • The first trumpet is blown – this is not a review for a scientific journal.
  • Earth’s vegetation is affected.

Revelation 8:8-9

  • Second trumpet - Psalm 46:2.
  • The oceans and seas are affected.

Revelation 8:10-11

  • Third trumpet - Fresh water is affected.

Revelation 8:12

  • Fourth trumpet – heavenly bodies are affected.

Revelation 9:1-2

  • Fifth trumpet – the identity of the star that fell.
  • Where is this bottomless pit?

Revelation 9:3-6

  • Locusts given power to torment but not to kill – for five months.
  • But not those who were sealed.

Revelation 9:7-10

  • A description of the locusts.

Revelation 9:11-12

  • Abaddon and Apollyon.

Revelation 9:13-21

  • Sixth trumpet – the great tribulation.

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Lesson Seven

Revelation 10-11

Revelation 10:1

  • Who is this mighty angel?
  • Wrapped in a cloud, rainbow over his head, his face like the sun, his legs like pillars of fire.

Revelation 10:2-3

  • A little scroll open in his hand.
  • His right foot on the sea, his left foot on the land.
  • When he called out, the seven thunders sounded.

Revelation 10:4

  • I was about to write…do not write it down.

Revelation 10:5-7

  • Raised his right hand to heaven.
  • What is the mystery of God to be fulfilled?

Revelation 10:8-9

  • It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

Revelation 10:10-11

  • John ate it and it was bittersweet.

Revelation 11:1

  • What was the purpose in the measurement?

Revelation 11:2

  • The court outside the temple.
  • They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.

 

Revelation 11:2-3

  • 42 months equals 1260 days which equals time, times, and half a time.
  • The witnesses are clothed in sackcloth.

Revelation 11:4

  • The two olive trees and two lampstands.

Revelation 11:5-6

  • A reminder of the prophets of the Old Testament.

Revelation 11:7

  • The beast of the bottomless pit.
  • Make war on them, conquer them, and kill them.

Revelation 11:8-10

  • Why Sodom and Egypt?
  • Why the rejoicing?

Revelation 11:11-12

  • A resurrection and an ascension.

Revelation 11:13

  • A limited destruction.

Revelation 11:14

  • Preparation is made for the third woe.

Revelation 11:15

  • Who is the loud voice?
  • Kingdom of the cosmos.

Revelation 11:16-18

  • Who is and who was.
  • Why is this the third woe?

Revelation 11:19

  • Where is the ark?

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Lesson Eight

Revelation 12-13

Revelation 12:1-2

  • “A great sign” – who is this woman?


  • Clothed with the sun.


  • Moon under her feet.


  • On her head a crown of twelve stars.

Revelation 12:3

  • “Another sign” – who is this dragon?


  • Seven heads, ten horns, and seven diadems.

Revelation  12:4

  • The dragon’s enmity toward the woman recalls Genesis 3:15.


  • A third of the stars of heaven are cast out.

Revelation 12:5-6

  • Verse 5 does not speak of the ministry or passion of the Child.


  • The woman nourished for 1,260 days.

Revelation 12:7-9

  • Michael the archangel.


  • This war refers to the war won through Christ’s ministry of redemption.

Revelation 12:10

  • Satan is the accuser of God’s people – see Zechariah 3:1; Job 1:9.


  • The “loud voice” comes from the 24 elders, the people of God.

Revelation 12:10-12

  • A cause to rejoice.

Revelation 12:13-16

  • The woman receives the wings of an eagle.


  • The flood from the dragon’s mouth represents lying words meant to deceive.

Revelation 12:17

  • The dragon makes war with the rest of her offspring.

Revelation 13:1-4

  • In the Old Testament the sea is place of fearful chaos.


  • The beast from the sea deceptively parodies Christ:


  • Horns and eyes


  • Throne


  • Slain and wounded


  • “Who is like you?”

Revelation 13:5-8

  • The dragon conquers the saints.


  • The beast is worshiped by those whose names are not in the Book of life.

Revelation 13:9-10

  • God’s people need to be prepared to endure suffering.


  • God’s people should not resist persecution.

Revelation 13:11-13

  • The beast from the earth.


  • Horns of a lamb and spoke like a dragon.


  • Makes people worship the first beast.


  • Performs great miracles.

Revelation 13:14-17

  • Make an image for the beast of the sea.


  • The mark of the beast.

Revelation 13:18

  • 666 – the unholy trinity.

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Lesson Nine

Revelation 14-15

Revelation 14:1

  • Mount Zion – a rich Biblical designation for God’s people and God’s enduring city.
  • 144,000 have Lamb’s name and Father’s name on their foreheads.

Revelation 14:2-3

  • The “new song” of the redeemed before the throne.
  • The church on earth joins the church in heaven in worship of the Lamb.

Revelation 14:4-5

  • The 144,000 are called undefiled virgins.
  • How are the redeemed described?

Revelation 14:6-7

  • Three angels in succession now announce the judgment of God.
  • What is the stated purpose of proclaiming the eternal gospel?

Revelation 14:8

  • This is the first mention of Babylon in Revelation.
  • Babylon’s “wine.”

Revelation 14:9-11

  • Drinking the cup of God’s anger parallels Babylon’s judgment and fulfills OT prophecies.
  • The smoke rising from the wicked recalls Sodom’s destruction.

Revelation 14:12

  • A godly characteristic of the saints is their patient endurance.
  • The saints are those who keep the commandments of God.

Revelation 14:13

  • This is the second of seven beatitudes in Revelation.
  • This promise sharply contrasts with the fate of the wicked.

Revelation 14:14-16

  • The Son of man seated on a cloud.
  • The hour of the harvest has come.

Revelation 14:17-20

  • Why an angel and not Christ?
  • The angel comes from the incense altar.

Revelation 15:1

  • Introduction to the 7 “censer angels.

Revelation 15:2

  • The battlefield of the sea of glass.
  • Defeated and yet victorious.

Revelation 15:3-4

  • The church’s song is called the “song of Moses.”
  • It is also called the “song of the Lamb.”

Revelation 15:5-8

  • The angels act as Christ’s agents.
  • We are prepared now for the scene described in chapter 16.

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Lesson Ten

Revelation 16-17

Revelation 16:1

  • The seven bowls have similarities to the plagues in Egypt (Exodus 7-11) and to the devastation brought about by the trumpet angels (8:6-9:21; 11:15-19).


  • The severity of God’s wrath will increase as the end of the world draws near.

Revelation 16:2-4

  • Bowl #1 – painful sores – parallels the six plague on Egypt (Exodus 9:9-10).


  • Bowl #2 – bodies of water become like blood of a corpse – first plague in Egypt.


  • Bowl #3 – all fresh water becomes like blood.

Revelation 16:5-7

  • John hears heavenly affirmations of God’s holiness and justice.


  • God again is referred to as the One, “who is and who was.”

Revelation 16:8-9

  • Bowl #4 – the sun is allowed to scorch people with fire.


  • The response of people – they cursed the name of God and did not repent.

Revelation 16:10-11

  • Bowl #5 – against the throne of the beast and his claim to sovereignty.


  • The response of people – they cursed the God of heaven and did not repent.

Revelation 16:12

  • Bowl #6 – the great river Euphrates is dried up.


  • The river is dried up to allow the evil host to invade and surround God’s people.

Revelation 16:13

  • What is the power behind the kings from the east – the unholy trinity.


  • The beast from the earth appears in three different guises – the second beast (13:11-18), the false prophet (16:13), and the harlot (17:1,5).


  • Why frogs?  See Leviticus 11:9-11 and remember the plague of frogs in Egypt.

Revelation 16:14

  • Jesus spoke of those false miraculous signs (Matthew 24:6, 13-14).


  • The great day of God the Almighty.

Revelation 16:15

  • He will come like a thief in the night – Matthew 24:43.


  • This is the third of seven beatitudes in Revelation.

Revelation 16:16

  • What is Armageddon?  The valley of Megiddo.


  • Psalm 2:1-6.

Revelation 16:17

  • Bowl #7 – angel poured out his bowl into the air.


  • This is the fourth time that John has received a view of the end.

Revelation 16:18-19

  • Added to the lightning and thunder – a great earthquake.


  • The city of Babylon became type of all future enemies of God’s people.

Revelation 16:20-21

  • The bowl judgments end with a scene of cosmic upheaval.

Revelation 17:1-2

  • For the first time the enemy of the church is called the “great prostitute” or “harlot.”


  • The harlot is seated “on many waters.”

Revelation 17:3-6a

  • What else do we find out about the harlot:


  • She sits on a scarlet beast.


  • The beast is full of blasphemous names.


  • She is sumptuously dressed.


  • She holds in her hand a cup of abominations.


  • The mystery of the harlot’s name.


  • She is in a drunken stupor.

Revelation 17:6b-8

  • The beast, “was, and is not, and is about to rise.”


  • The source of everything that is represented by the beast is the abyss.

Revelation 17:9-10

  • Why is wisdom needed?


  • What do the seven hills represent?

Revelation 17:11-14

  • Who is the 8th king?


  • Who are the 10 kings?

Revelation 17:15-18

  • The beast wars with the woman – God carries out His purpose.

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Lesson Eleven

Revelation 18-19

Revelation 18:1-3

  • Another angel – from heaven – great authority – bright with his glory.


  • Babylon has fallen – Isaiah 21:9; Jeremiah 51:37.


  • Two groups are mentioned – political rulers and merchents.

Revelation 18:4-8

  • Another voice – is it God?  Is it Jesus?


  • Come out from her – Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 51:45.


  • Her sins heaped as high as the heavens – Genesis 18:20-21.


  • The judgment upon Babylon.

Revelation 18:9-20

  • Kings, merchants, sailors mourn over the great city’s judgment.


  • The significance of a “single hour.”


  • The saints respond – rejoice.

Revelation 18:21-24

  • The death knell – no more.

Revelation 19:1-5

  • Five (maybe six) hallelujahs – heaven’s great Hallelujah Chorus.

Revelation 19:6-8

  • The roar of many waters – also in 1:15 and 14:2.


  • “Reigns” – a completed action.


  • The concept of Divine marriage deeply rooted in the Old Testament.


  • The New Testament pictures it more like an engagement with the wedding still in the future.


  • In New Testament times the groom’s father often paid the betrothal price.


  • It was “granted” her.

Revelation 19:9-10

  • The 4th beatitude.


  • “These are the true words of God.”


  • John bows down to an angel?

Revelation 19:11-16

  • Rider on a white horse.


  • Four names


  • Faithful and True


  • The unknown name.


  • The Word of God.


  • King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelation 19:17-21

  • The burial of evil – the funeral you won’t mind attending.

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Lesson Twelve

Revelation 20

The Millennium

 

  • Premillennialism

 

 

  • Amillennialism

 

 

  • Postmillennialism

 

 

  • A Biblical Perspective

 

Revelation 20:1-3

 

  • The angel from heaven had two things in his hand:


  • The key to bottomless pit.

 

 

  • A great chain.

 

 

  • The binding of Satan


  • Matthew 12:22-32; Mark 3:22-27; Luke 11:14-23

 

 

  • John 12:31-33

 

 

  • John 16:8-11

 

 

  • Revelation 12:7-9

 

 

  • Hebrews 2:14, 8

 

 

  • The angel closed and sealed the pit

 

 

  • The 1,000 years:


  • Psalm 90:4 and II Peter 3:8

 

 

  • Psalm 50:10


  • The stated purpose of the confinement of Satan.

 

 

  • The dragon is released for a short time.

Revelation 20:4-6

 

  • This passage says 3 things about those who reign with Christ:


  • They sit on thrones.

 

 

  • They suffer martyrdom.

 

 

  • They do not worship the beast.

 

 

  • The two resurrections:


  • Resurrection #1

 

 

  • Resurrection #2

 

 

  • The two deaths:


  • Death #1

 

 

  • Death #2

 

Revelation 20:7-10

 

  • Satan’s final rebellion and defeat.

 

 

  • The purpose of the tribulation.

 

Revelation 20:11-15

 

  • A great white throne.

 

 

  • Why would the earth and sky flee?

 

 

  • All stand before God to be judged – John 5:28-29.

 

 

  • The opened “books” contain “their works” – Daniel 7:10

 

 

  • The grave and the sea give up the dead.


  • Death and grave thrown into the lake of fire.


  • Hosea 13:14

 

 

  • I Corinthians 15:54-55

 

 

  • John Donne – “And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.”

 

 

  • Those not found in the book of life thrown into lake of fire – Gehenna.

 

Bryan Wolfmueller – “The Lutheran view of the end times, a simple overview.”

“St Michael and the fear of death.”

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Lesson Thirteen

 

Revelation 21-22



Revelation 21:1


  • The old heaven and earth have passed away – 20:11.


  • There is no more sea in the new creation.

 

Revelation 21:2


  • This vision alludes to Isaiah 52:1.


  • The new Jerusalem is likened to an adorned bride.

 

Revelation 21:3-4


  • God’s “dwelling place” is finally with humanity – Ezekiel 37:27.


  • “And they will be His people(s) – Revelation 5:9; Isaiah 25:6-8.


  • The “former things” will be “no more.”

 

Revelation 21:5-6


  • “I am making all things new” – Isaiah 43:19.


  • “It is done” echoes the words in 16:17.


  • The people of God are fully satisfied in the new creation – Isaiah 55:1.

 

Revelation 21:7-8


  • God contrasts the inheritance of His people with the punishment of unbelievers.


  • There is a father – son relationship.



Revelation 21:9-11


  • These verses introduce the last major visionary unit.


  • Jerusalem’s enduring splendor contrasts with the fleeting beauty of Babylon.

 

Revelation 21:12-14


  • There is a unity of God’s people through the Old Testament and New Testament.



Revelation 21:15-17


  • In 11:1 the prophet measures the temple and worshipers; here the temple-city.


  • One stade is the length of a stadium (600 Roman feet).


  • The perfect symmetry recalls the perfect symmetry of the Most Holy Place.

 

Revelation 21:18-21


  • The walls, gates, and streets described in magnificent beauty.



Revelation 21:22-27


  • God is gloriously and forever present with His people – Ezekiel 48:35.


  • No need for the sun or moon – Isaiah 60:19-20.


  • Nations walk according to this light – Isaiah 60:3.

 

Revelation 22:1-2


  • The throne is the source of the water of life.


  • The tree of life is on either side of the river reflecting Ezekiel 47:7.


  • The leaves of the tree bring healing – Ezekiel 47:12.

 

Revelation 22:3-5


  • “Accursed” appears only here in Scripture.
  • They will see His face – Matthew 5:8; I John 3:2.


  • The saints will bear God’s name on their foreheads.

 

Revelation 22:6-7


  • The complete truthfulness of God’s revelation.


  • God’s revelation concerns “what must soon take place.”


  • The sixth beatitude.

 

Revelation 22:8-9


  • The exchange between John and the angel closely parallels 19:10.


  • “Worship God” sums up the appropriate response to this Revelation.

 

Revelation 22:10-11


  • The last four commands summarize the four choices facing the book’s readers.


  • Good and evil continue until the end of the age.

 

Revelation 22:12-13


  • “I am coming soon” and “My reward is with Me” – Isaiah 40:10; 62:11.


  • The three divine titles of verse 13.

 

Revelation 22:14-15


  • The seventh beatitude.


  • The redeemed have access to the tree of life.

 

Revelation 22:16


  • “You” is plural and so refers to all recipients and not just John.


  • Two more glorious titles given to Jesus.

 

Revelation 22:17


  • The threefold “come” modeled after Isaiah 55:1.


  • The Spirit and the glorified church beckon present readers to “come.”

 

Revelation 22:18-19


  • Interpreted in three different ways:


  • A ban against corrupting the text of this book.


  • A restriction on all further prophetic activity.


  • A warning not to falsify the message through errant teaching.


  • Warning alludes to Deuteronomy 4:1-2; 12:32.



Revelation 22:20


  • Reiterates Christ’s promise in 22:7,12.


  • The return of Christ is the church’s “blessed hope” – Titus 2:11-13.

 

Revelation 22:21


  • Book closes with a “grace” benediction – II Thessalonians 3:18



Sola Deo Gloria

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