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The Passage
Revelation chapters 15-19. SOAP passage = Revelation 19:6-8
The One Thing
Prepare for the wedding of eternity
growgroup questions
Take time to allow each person in the growgroup (split off into smaller groups if the group is too large) to share one of their SOAP passages this week:
- S: what SPECIFIC Bible verse stood out to me?
- O: general OBSERVATION. What is the Bible passage saying?
- A: APPLICATION. How do I apply this to my life?
- P: PRAYER: Write a 1 or 2 sentence prayer, telling God what’s most on my heart and mind today.
Additional questions (if needed) about the Sunday message passage.
- G1 Imagine that tomorrow the headline is that Washington has been attacked, and the US as a world superpower has been decimated in a wide-reaching decisive and coordinated attack. There is no more military. There is no more Wall Street. There is no leadership succession. The US is officially done. There is no comeback. What would some of the ripple effects be around the world: economically? Technologically? Societally? Legally? Militarily? Trade-wise? How would this event impact you personally?*
- G2 Engage with this definition of the wrath of God from the New Bible Dictionary: “God’s wrath refers to the permanent attitude of the holy and just God when confronted by sin and evil. It is a personal quality, without which God would cease to be fully righteous and His love would degenerate into sentimentality. His wrath, however…is not wayward, fitful or spasmodic, as human anger always is. It is as permanent an element in His nature as His love”. How is this helpful? Are there any parts that you wrestle with? What are we missing if we leave out the wrath of God?
- G3 In chapter 16 nearly all of the plagues mirror plagues mentioned in the book of Exodus. What do you think God is communicating through this comparison?
- G4 John prophesied the fall of the Roman Empire hundreds of years before it actually happened. Imagine if you were a Christian in Rome at the time that Revelation was written. What might your response be to Revelation 17 and 18? How does God want to encourage you in 21st Century Canada?
- G5 The two main characters in these chapters are “Babylon the Prostitute” and the “Bride of Jesus (the Church)”. Why did God use these two archetypes to get his message across?
- G6 Consider the economic and trade fallout pictured in 18:9-20. Do you see any parallels between these verses and what you see in the world today?
*I’m not drawing a parallel between the USA and “Babylon” in chapter 18. But as the world superpower, it helps us empathise with the fall of the Roman Empire in the 400s AD, prophesied in Revelation.
