TheApocalypse
Chapter1,part1
I.
II.
Introduction
a. Today,webeginastudyoftheBookofRevelation
i. Thisstudywillgothroughtheentirebookversebyverse
1. Wemay,attimes,takeapassageasawholetobetterunderstanditespecially
aswegetdeeperinthebook
a. Thiswillnotbeatopicalstudy
b. Wewillnotbeskippingaroundasifweweredoingapropheticstudy
ii. Thislessonwillcarryus8versesintotheBookofRevelation
1. Inthispassage,wewillfindagoodintroductiontoourcompletestudy
Commentary
a. Verse1
i. “TheRevelationofJesusChrist…”
1. Thisisthetitleofthebookandcontainsawealthofinformation
a. Notice,itisnotthe“revelationofJohn”assomeBiblesfalselycallit
2. Revelation
a. Justfromaproperunderstandingofthisword,wecangainsome
basicknowledgeofwhatwearegoingtolearnfromthisbook
b. ThiswordcomesfromtheGreekWord“Apocalupsis”
i. ThisistheEnglishequivalentof“Apocalypse” 1. Ihaveusedthistitleonthenotestoremindyouweekly
ofthispoint
ii. ThisworddoesNOTdenotethegivingofarevelationasmany
suppose
iii. Thiswordmeans“arevealing”or“atakingawayofaveil”
c. ThissameGreekwordspeaksofChrist’s“coming”inICor.1:7
d. ThissameGreekwordspeaksofChrist’s“appearing”inIPet.1:7
e. ThissameGreekwordisrendered“revelation”aswellinIPet.1:13
whereitobviouslypointsforthtothegloriousappearingofChrist
f. Withaproperunderstandingofthiswordalone,wecanseethatthis
bookunveilstheeventswhichprecedeandaccompanyChrist’sreturn
toEarth
i. Theverytitleofthisbook(TheApocalypse)refutesany
propheticpositionwhichsaysthatthisbookismerelyhistory
3. “…whichGodgaveHim…”
a. AsaresultofbeingafaithfulservanttotheFather,theSonisgiventhe
gloriousappearingbyGod
4. “…toshowHisservants—thingswhichmustshortlytakeplace.AndHesentand
signifieditbyHisangeltoHisservantJohn”
a. TheApostleJohn(oftheGospelofJohnandI,II,andIIIJohn)isgiven
supernaturalknowledgeoftheeventsthatsurroundtheApocalypse
ofJesusChrist
i. Muchofthisbookisstraightforward
ii. Someofthetruthinthisbookisgiveninsignsasweseefrom
theword“signified”
1. Johnusessignswhenheseessomethinginhisvision
thathecan’tdescribewiththelanguageofhisday
a. Whenhedoes,hepointsoutthatitisasignwith
aphraselike“Iheardsomethinglike”
i. Becauseofthis,wecanfeelcomfortable
takingthisbookliterally
b. Verse2
i. Johnborewitnessto“thewordofGod,andtothetestimonyofJesusChrist,toall
thingsthathesaw”intheGospelwhichbareshisname
c. Verse3
i. Thereareblessingswhichaccompanythestudyofthisbook
1. Weshouldallpraythatwewillreceivetheseblessingsthatarepromised
hereinthisstudywearebeginningtoday
2. Therearenotonlyblessingsinstudyingthebook,butalsowiththereading
andhearingofit
3. Thereisnoreasontoavoidthisbook
a. Onthecontrary,thereiseveryreasontostudythisbookconsidering
whatwereadinthisverse
4. Thereisnoreasontofearthestudyofthisbookasmanydo
d. Verses4‐6
i. HerebeginsthesalutationofJohn’slettertothesevenchurchesinAsiawhich
accompaniedthisbookwhenitwassenttothem
1. Wewilldiscussthismoreinthenextfewlessons
ii. JohnpraysforgraceandpeacefromtheTrinity
1. TheFatheristheOne“whoisandwhowasandwhoistocome”
2. The“sevenSpiritswhoarebeforeHisthrone”speaksoftheHolySpirit
a. Thenumber7isthenumberofcompletion
i. Therefore,the“sevenSpirits”speaksofthecomplete,perfect
andrighteousHolySpirit
3. Obviously,JesusChrististheSon
a. HewasfaithfultotheFatherwhenHewalkedonthisEarth
b. Hewasthefirsttoberaisedfromthedeadnevertodieagain
c. HeistheKingofkingsandLordoflords
i. HewillreignovertheworldinHisfuturemillennialkingdom
aswewillseeinthe20thchapterofthisbook
d. HewashedusfromoursinsinHisownblood
i. Thatis,whenHedied,Hepaidthedebtofoursins
e. NotonlyhasHepurchasedus,Hehasalsomadeustobe“kingsand
priests”
iii. Verse7
1. TheGloriousAppearingofChrist
a. ThisisHiscomingattheendoftheTribulationwhen“everyeyewill
seeHim”
i. Thisisnottheraptureofthesaintswhichoccurspriortothe
Tribulationperiod
ii. ManywillbeattheBattleofArmageddonwhenChristreturns
tostopthebattleandtheywillseeHimthere
1. PerhapsamiracleofGodwillcausepeoplethataren’tat
thisbattletoseeHimaswell
b. ThisisthecomingreferredtoinActs1:9‐11whereHewillreturnthe
samewayHeascendedintoHeaven
c. ThenationofIsraelwillseeHim
i. TheyaretheoneswhoarechargedwithHiscrucifixion
1. ThoughHewasactuallycrucifiedonaRomancross,the
JewswerethecauseofHiscrucifixion(Acts2:23)
ii. Theywillmournwhentheyrealizethattheyrejectedand
killedtheirMessiah(Zec.12:10‐11)
d. Theworldwill“mournbecauseofHim”
i. NotonlyhavetheJewsrejectedChrist,but,mostoftheworld
has
1. TheJewswillmournforhavingrejectedtheirMessiah
2. Therestoftheworldwillmournforrejectingthe
GospelandforservingtheAntichrist
e. Verse8
i. “AlphaandOmega”isthefirstandlastletterintheGreekalphabet
1. LikeAandZintheEnglishalphabet
2. ThispointstotheeternalnessofChrist
a. Ofcourse,HeisGod