RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION INTRODUCTION GENERAL BACKGROUND: THE BOOK IS CALLED “REVELATION” NOT BECAUSE IT REVEALS THE THINGS THAT ARE TO COME UPON THE EARTH, BUT BECAUSE IT IS A REVEALING OF JESUS CHRIST. THE …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS MASTER TIMELINE OF CHRIST’S SECOND COMING HADES (SHEOL) – LUK 16:19-31 DEAD NON-BELIEVERS IN TORMENT Old Testament Times + + DEAD BELIEVERS IN ABRAHAM’S BOSOM =A= sin judged on the cross Gal …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION AND THE SECOND COMINGLESSON #03PROPHECY, DOCTRINE, AND DEFINITIONS: PREPARATION THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND PROPHECY THE BIBLE CLEARLY REVEALS THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL RETURN TO THIS EARTH ONE DAY. IN …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION 1:1-8LESSON #04AN INITIAL REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST MEMORY VERSE: REV 1:6 READ REV 1:1-3 CHRIST COMMUNICATING A REVELATION OF JESUS, THE WORD OF GOD, THAT GOD GAVE TO JESUS, WHO REVEALED …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION 1:9-20LESSON #05CHRIST IN THE CHURCH MEMORY VERSE: REV 1:18 READ REV 1:9-20 CHRIST IN THE CHURCH WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT JOHN FROM VERSE 9? HE WAS IN PRISON ON THE …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION 2:1-7LESSON #06THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF THE CHURCH AGE–EPHESUS MEMORY VERSE: REV 2:7 THE MESSAGES TO THE CHURCHES: THERE IS A FOUR-PART ASPECT TO EACH OF THE SEVEN MESSAGES TO THE CHURCHES. …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION 2:8-11LESSON #07THE PERSECUTED CHURCH—SMYRNA MEMORY VERSE: REV 2:11 READ REV 2:8-11 SMYRNA BACKGROUND: THE NAME SMYRNA MEANS = MYRRH OR BITTER MYRRH WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OF THIS …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION 2:12-17LESSON #08THE INDULGED CHURCH – PERGAMOS MEMORY VERSE: 1JOH 5:5 READ REV 2:12-17 PERGAMOS BACKGROUND: NAME, PERGAMOS, MEANS “ELEVATED TO MARRIAGE” OR “BIGAMY/POLYGAMY” THIS MEANING INDICATES THE MARRIAGE OF THE CHURCH …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION 2:18-29LESSON #09THE PAGAN CHURCH – THYATIRA MEMORY VERSE: REV 2:26 READ REV 2:18-29 THYATIRA BACKGROUND: THE NAME, THYATIRA, MEANS = “CONTINUAL SACRIFICE”. THE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE: THYATIRA WAS A SMALL FRONTIER CITY …

RETURN TO SYLLABUS REVELATION 3:1-6LESSON #10THE DEAD CHURCH – SARDIS MEMORY VERSE: PSA 69:28 READ REV 3:1-6 SARDIS BACKGROUND: THE NAME SARDIS MEANS = ESCAPING ONES, OR THOSE LEFT OVER, THE OTHER ONES. THIS MEANING …