BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 1 – Introduction John, the writer of the Book of Revelation, sets out to tell his readers something vital about the paradox of the days and years ahead: they will be the best of times, and they will be the worst of times. Some fellow named…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 2 – Chapter 1 The English word revelation is an attempt to translate the Greek word apokalypsus . The same word is also often transliterated into English as apocalypse. The word carries two senses with it: first, it speaks of a catastrophic or destructive ending.…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 3 – Chapter 1 Continued We’ll continue our study of Revelation chapter 1 with a quick review. First and most significant of anything we can say about this book is that John insists that his visions are from God. In fact, so there can be…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 4 – Chapter 1 Conclusion We left off last week trying to decode the symbolism of the two-edged sword that came from the mouth of the divine being that was speaking to John. We’ll get to that, but there are a couple of other items…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 5 – Chapter 2 I want to prepare you for what is coming today and for the next few weeks as we study the letters to the 7 Believing congregations; it is divine judgment of Christ’s disciples and institutions. I don’t imagine you’ve thought of…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 6 – Chapter 2 Continued Love, or better the lack of love, was the issue God had with the Believing assembly at Ephesus. In the 1 st letter in Revelation chapter 2, Ephesus was commended for being doctrinally sound and for persevering against not only…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 7 – Chapter 2 Conclusion We will continue today in Revelation chapter 2 as we resume our discussion about the Believing assembly at Pergamum. Let’s begin by re-reading that section of the chapter. RE-READ REVELATION CHAPTER 2:12 – end To sum up what we covered…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 8 – Chapter 3 We’ll begin Revelation chapter 3 today but first let’s review the fourth Believer’s congregation discussed in Chapter 2: Thyatira. I also want to add some additional information about John’s allusion to Psalm 2. Open your Bibles to Revelation chapter 2 and…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 9 – Chapter 3 Continued As we continue in Revelation chapter 3 today, we’ll discuss the Believer’s assembly at Philadelphia; but first let’s review. The congregation we examined in our last lesson was the one at Sardis. For me, as a pastor and Bible teacher,…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 10 – Chapter 3 Conclusion We’ll finish up Revelation chapter 3 today and study the last of the 7 letters to the Believing congregations of Asia: Laodicea. First, as is our custom, we’ll review what we discussed in the previous lesson. The 6th letter was…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 11 – Chapter 4 Before we completely exit from the Revelation letters addressed to the 7 Believing congregations of Asia I want to make a couple of remarks because whatever it is that you have taken from these lessons I would like you retain what…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 12 – Chapters 4 & 5 Because of the substantial volume of unfilled prophecy and mystery that it contains, Revelation is the most challenging book in the New Testament, if not the entire Holy Bible. Therefore I will endeavor to review the previous lesson to…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 13 – Chapter 5 Today’s lesson is going to be fairly complex at times so I hope you are ready to focus. Some of what we discuss may at first seem to be a great deal of trivia, but I assure you it is not.…

THE BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 14 – Chapters 5 & 6 We’re nearing the end of Revelation chapter 5, all of which takes place in Heaven. I emphasize this because beginning in chapter 6 the scene will shift to planet Earth. One of the fundamental principles we need to keep…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 15 – Chapter 6 The first half of Revelation chapter 6 that we studied last time is about what begins to happen on Earth as the Lamb in Heaven begins breaking the 7 seals on the secret scroll that was handed to Him by God the…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 16 – Chapter 7 We finished Revelation chapter 6 to end our last lesson; so, we’ll review it to get our foundation set for the fascinating chapter 7 that we’ll study today. 6 of the 7 seals that sealed the secret scroll have now been opened…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 17 – Chapter 7 Continued We addressed the first 8 verses of Revelation chapter 7 last time and we’ll not quite conclude the chapter today after reviewing. At the same time I’m going to add some more information about last week’s topic before moving forward with…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 18 – Chapters 7 and 8 Last week we ended Revelation 7 with a discussion about who the people Heaven dressed in white robes were; that is the question asked of John by one of the Heavenly elders. John answered saying effectively that he didn’t know,…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 19 – Chapters 8 and 9 In Revelation chapter 6 God’s wrath upon the Earth and its inhabitants begins with the opening of the 6th seal. Chapter 7 represents a pause in the action of the judgments, and then chapter 8 resumes the judgments with the…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 20 – Chapters 9 and 10 Last week we opened Revelation chapter 9 and there we heard about a fallen angel (symbolized by a star) being given a key to the entry shaft into a place deep in the interior of the Earth called The Abyss,…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 21 – Chapters 10 and 11 As we left off in Revelation chapter 10, a mighty angel was standing with one foot on the dry land and another on the ocean. This was meant to symbolize his authority over the land and the seas; that is,…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 22 – Cha pter 11 As we opened Revelation chapter 11 last time I mentioned that this was a pretty difficult and complex chapter, and indeed it is especially challenging when we take the time to actually analyze and question the point or the symbolic […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 23 – Cha pter 11 Continued Last week we got well into Revelation chapter 11 and discussed several important elements of that chapter including the use of the numbers 42, 3 1/2, and 1260. Briefly what we found was that 42 months, 3 1/2 years, […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 24 – Cha pter 11 Concluded We’re still in Revelation chapter 11 but we’ll finally complete it today; and as customary we’ll begin by reviewing what we discussed last week. The focus of this chapter is the mysterious, and dangerous, two unnamed witnesses who suddenly […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 25 – Cha pter 12 Today we start a new section (if we can call it that) of the Book of Revelation. Sometimes it can be helpful to organize a Bible book into sections for the purpose of study in order to help […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 26 – Cha pter 12 Continued We began what is essentially a new section of Revelation last week that is chapter 12; a chapter that is heavy (even predominately) reliant on symbolism. Of course that means that our job is to decode exactly what those […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 27 – Cha pters 12 and 13 We are most of the way through Revelation chapter 12, and we’ll finish it up today and move into chapter 13. In chapter 12 verses 10, 11, and 12 form a song sung at a loud volume by […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 28 – Cha pter 13 We had just begun Revelation chapter 13 last week when we ran out of time, so we’ll continue with it today. As a brief review: the events foretold by chapter 13 were not just future for John, but also future […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 29 – Cha pter 13 Continued We got only to verse 6 last week, but there’s still more to say about those first several verses that makes it important enough to spend some time with them. There’s also some important applications that we need to […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 30 – Cha pters 13 & 14 We’ve spent a lot of time in Revelation 13, but we’ll finally conclude it today and get into chapter 14. Chapter 13 is so very full of the dramatic events and mysterious symbols that dominate Christian thought about […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 31 – Cha pter 14 As we work our way through Revelation chapter 14, keep in mind that John’s visions have reached a point in time that is still in our future (that is, it is within the timeline of the End of Days) when […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 32 – Cha pters 14 & 15 Before we complete Revelation chapter 14 and then move into chapter 15 I want to briefly highlight what we covered towards the end of the last lesson not only because of the importance of what it says and […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 33 – Cha pters 15 & 16 We got most of the way through Revelation chapter 15 last week, and we’ll finish it up today and get started on chapter 16. Because chapter 15 is so short, we’ll re-read it in its entirety to begin […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 34 – Cha pter 16 Revelation chapter 16 is highly emotional, drenched in drama, and utterly terrifying in its prophecy of what lies ahead. It speaks primarily in terms of the 7 so-called Bowl Judgments being poured out on the earth, aimed mostly at rebellious […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 35 – Cha pter 16 Continued As we continue to examine Revelation chapter 16 today, we find that through the first 9 verses, 4 of the Bowl Judgments have been announced and poured out. They have so far been aimed at 3 of the so-called […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 36 – Cha pters 16 and 17 We’ll begin by finishing up chapter 16 and then moving on into the mind-bending Revelation chapter 17. I want to make you aware that for the next few chapters we are going to necessarily enter a greater level […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 37 – Chapter 17 We began Revelation 17 this past week, and the primary feature I wanted to show you was how the woman riding on the Beast with 7 heads and 10 horns was essentially the antithesis, the opposite, of the woman of Revelation chapter…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 38 – Cha pter 17 Continued Chapter 17 of Revelation has had our attention now for the 3rd straight week, and for good reason. It is a riddle wrapped up inside a puzzle; but it’s a very important riddle to try and unpack, especially for followers…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 39 – Cha pter 18 Keep your Bibles open and handy today; we’re going to be doing a lot of reading and we’re also going to be doing much soul searching. Week after week, chapter after chapter, the Book of Revelation has (through John’s visions) […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 40 – Cha pters 18 and 19 As we continue through the Book of Revelation what is beginning to become clear is that Babylon the Great represents more than one thing or a single entity. This is critically important not only to intellectually understand what […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 41 – Cha pter 19 Today is going to be another day of working to understand as much as we can of a prophesied future over which we don’t have all the details nor have geopolitical events played out sufficiently, yet, to help us identify some…

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 42 – Cha pter 19 Continued To begin we’re going to review some of the complex matters we discussed last week. The first is the issue of trying to square Daniel’s interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream-statue that he said represented 4 kingdoms (3 of which were […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 43 – Cha pters 19 and 20 This is the 4th week that we have been dealing with Revelation chapter 19 because there is so much here to examine and to learn from. The good news is that we’ll finally finish with it today and […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 44 – Cha pter 20 We have come a long way in the Book of Revelation and we should pause to remember our journey because each milestone had its own message and purpose, and yet they all work together to guide us to […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 45 – Cha pter 20 Continued The 20th chapter of the Book of Revelation begins like this: CJB Revelation 20:1 – 3 1 Next I saw an angel coming down from heaven, who had the key to the Abyss and […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 46 – Cha pters 20 and 21 As we continue Revelation chapter 20, here is where we stand. Time still exists; we have not yet entered eternity. The Battle of Armageddon is over. Messiah Yeshua has returned, victorious, and His 1000 year reign has begun. […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 47 – Cha pter 21 The first words of Genesis are: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1 CJB). The first words of Revelation chapter 21 are: Then I saw a new heaven and a […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 48 – Cha pter 21 Continued In the previous lesson, which was meant as a preface to our study of Revelation chapter 21, we spent much of our time looking at the nature and characteristics of the original Creation as described in Genesis. This is […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 49 – Cha pter 21 Continued 2 To resume our study of Revelation chapter 21 today I want to begin by quoting Paul in Romans because in some ways he sums up what we have discussed the last 2 weeks. CJB Romans […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 50 – Cha pter 21 Concluded Open your Bibles to Revelation chapter 21, and look at verses 9 through 14 as I speak to you. Here we find a physical description of the New Jerusalem that has descended from Heaven onto the new earth. […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 51 – Cha pter 22 Today we begin the final chapter of Revelation; and perhaps since our exciting journey has taken us over a year, we need to be reminded of a few important points. The first is that while Revelation is usually seen […]

BOOK OF REVELATION Lesson 52 – Cha pter 22 Continued (End of Book) Today we shall complete our study of the Book of Revelation. From the beginning my purpose was not to make this a sensational and dramatic survey about the End Times nor to create new doctrines […]