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Message Notes:
Writer: John the Apostle
When 95 A.D.
Where: island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea
(13 square miles)
4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” – Revelation 1v4-8 (ESV)
Methods of Interpretation:
1) Allegorical - symbolic with no prophetic content
2) Historical - these events have already past… (70 AD)
3) Literal (Futuristic) - John literally sees these things
The Book of Revelation:
505 Old Testament citations or allusions
(325 of them come straight from the prophets)
John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, – Revelation 1v4 (ESV)
WHAT ARE THE SEVEN SPIRITS?
Three Interpretations:
“Seven” = completeness, fullness of the Spirit
Seven virtues of the Holy Spirit
1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. – Isaiah 11v2 (ESV)
Seven angels (see 8:2)
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. – Revelation 8v2 (NIV)
What’s my Job?
1. STAY FAITHFUL
5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. – Revelation 1v5-6 (ESV)
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins – Revelation 1v5 (ESV)
Stay Faithful:
To loving God and His word with all diligence
To loving your neighbor as yourself
2. STAY FRUITFUL
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. – Revelation 1v7 (ESV)
29 “Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ 30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. – Matthew 24v29-31 (NIV)
Two Phases to Jesus’ Second Coming:
Coming on the clouds - Rapture the church
Coming with the clouds - Establish Kingdom and end the battle of Armageddon
3. STAY FASCINATED
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” – Revelation 1v8 (ESV)
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. – John 1v3 (ESV)
For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. – Romans 11v36 (NIV)
