Revelation with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Christ tells john to write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. Nov 19, 2011 finding personal meaning in the book of revelation, kindle edition, chap. The book written within and without, and sealed with seven seals, revelation 5. A commentary of the book of revelation bible truth. Here is a fun bible school activity to help them learn of the things that wont be in heaven. In other words, the purpose of the book of revelation is to persuade its hearers and readers, both ancient and contemporary, to remain faithful to god in spite of past, present, or possible future sufferingwhatever form that suffering might take, and whatever source it may have simply for. The churches to whom it was first written didnt have the luxury of doing that. If you have no knowledge and understanding of the books of the old testament, you cannot understand the book of revelation. The art and practice of working together while physically apart by john oduinn is a practical guide for people who work in distributed or dispersed teams. Daniel was reading the book of jeremiah when he realized that the 70 years of jewish babylonian captivity was coming to an end. But this view, of itself, is unsatisfactory for many reasons.
Parts of the old testament, particularly in the book of daniel, are also written in the apocalyptic genre. The very first words of the book give us a clue to its explanation the revelation of jesus christ. Apr 02, 2009 when it comes to the interpretation of this book in particular revelation there are a lot of teams and their views are all over the place. Apr 04, 2018 facebook said wednesday that malicious actors took advantage of search tools on its platform, making it possible for them to discover the identities and collect information on most of its 2. If you really want to understand this great book, garlands commentary will not disappoint. Great prophecies in the book of revelation show how and when these catastrophic events will occur. This book in the hand of god is symbolical of something. First of all, if i think about it hard enough, my physical form isnt even an objective fact of the universe and if i want the sequel to this book right now, i should have it. Revelation space novel, science fiction 0733 20161124 revelation space by alastair reynolds is a stand alone novel and is also wellknown as book 1 in the 6 book revelation space series published during 20002007. Did the final book turn out just as you expected it to, or did it change over the. Franciscan father stephen doyle provides a catholic commentary on the book of revelation and explains that todays people do not understand what the author of revelation. Let us refer to it as the revelation just as the book reads. Revelation is first and foremost a revelation about jesus christ 1.
As part of dks awardwinning big ideas simply explained series, the history book uses infographics and images to explain key ideas and themes. You and your family are a blessing beyond description to us and so many others. This is not to say that silas, the mad and murderous albino monk, is even remotely a fair depiction of the organization. Pastor explains the abcs of bible prophecy godupdates. The book of daniel is one of the most significant prophetic books in the bible. There are three major movements in this part of the apocalyptic drama of the last days. In other words, the purpose of the book of revelation is to persuade its hearers and readers, both ancient and contemporary, to remain faithful to god in spite of past, present, or possible future sufferingwhatever form that suffering might take, and whatever source it may have simply for being faithful. An easyenglish bible version and commentary 2800 word vocabulary on the book of revelation. Book of revelation simple english wikipedia, the free. Justin the martyr around 100 to 165 ac, irenaeus around 140 to 220 ac and the muratori canon end of 2 nd century. The book of revelation must be taken literal whenever possible. Daniels generalized overview occurs in daniel chapter 9. This article was presented on march 26, 2004 at a symposium on apostolic beliefs held at the urshan graduate school of theology in florissant, mo. Because of bickles absolute futuristic and often highly sensationalized exposition of the book of revelation, he has inappropriately elevated revelation to a preeminent canonical position in the new testament.
In the horror of the concentration camps, they cancel faces and history, transforming man into a number, reducing him to a cog in an e. The book of revelation also called the revelation of john or the revelation of st. Matthew begins with an old testament genealogy that makes sense only to those who are familiar with the people and events to which it refers 1. The book of revelation is so easy to comprehend if you truly know and understand the books of the old testament. The word apocalypse means unveiling and thats exactly what the book of revelation isit is a prophetic book that discusses the unveiling of what is going to happen in the nearing end times and what will come with the final revelation of jesus christ. How to receive revelation knowledge communion with god. And the book of revelation will complete the revelation of. Some of the earliest manuscripts have the title of the revelation of john. Older preaching audiences are going to be more challenged by revelations images than younger ones. The story centers on two opposing teams of soldiers fighting a civil war in the middle of a desolate box canyon blood gulch in a parody of firstperson shooter fps games, military life, and science fiction films. And many religious people believe that the book of revelation offers no help anyway, because it cannot be understood. However, he merely writes the words of jesus revelation 1.
Today kris langham guides us through the new testament book of revelation. Again, the book of revelation fits into this framework. Sep 23, 2010 teams are coming together, forming, storming, building relationships, and making decisions at gore all the time. Signs to know the end is near will we know the end of times. Its meaning is positive, not fearful or terrifying to those who serve god. Andy is the senior pastor of sugar land bible church. This scholastic work is a comprehensive, visual, pagebypage commentary on the book of revelation, illustrated with fullcolor graphics and rich bible charts, generating a successful, productive, and fruitful comprehension of the most complex book of scripture. The revelation is a very solemn book speaking much about divine judgments but it is also a wonderful book in which we find the completion of gods ways up to eternal glory. Proof of rapture simple but concrete proof of pretribulation the seals and revelation revealing revelation s true timeline introduction the correct interpretation of the seals is important because it straightens out revelation s timeline so nothing is contradicted, either within the book or with other books of the bible. As the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth 1. Could you explain the book of revelation in full simple.
The versebyverse commentary on revelation introduction this commentary on revelation will prove, contrary to what most people think, that the revelation, the last book of the bible, is not difficult to understand if we will take a simple, facevalue, commonsense approach to interpreting it. Because of the contradictory nature of the external evidence, i place more weight on the internal evidence evidence from within the book itself. John heard the voice of christ identifying himself 1. If you open the book of revelation and simply begin reading it as an unfolding scenario, it goes something like this. These nations will come together in the last days in an attempt to destroy. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches.
Every statement is to be taken to mean for exactly what is written unless such interpretation is highly improbable to spiritual reason, or against scripture elsewhere. What this book reveals or unveils is jesus christ in glory. Pack staggering events foretold in your bible will shock the whole world. Biographies of key leaders, thinkers, and warriors, from julius caesar to barack obama, offer insight into their lives and further historical insight into these worldchanging episodes. Most of the commentators think it represents the book of revelation, in which case, of course, it would not include the present description of the book itself, but only of its contents as applied to subsequent chapters. Revelation made simple and easy to understand this last book of the bible bears the title revelation, meaning, unveiling, yet, it presents visions of. They have a special relationship with the lamb, and they are sealed with a special name. This book was not written for us to speculate over while we put our feet up. Their meaning is explained by simply continuing to read the context. The gathered prayers of gods people are portrayed in revelation as the instrument god uses to bring this world to its appointed consummation. Brian keith bosworth born march 9, 1965, nicknamed the boz, is an american actor and former professional football player who played linebacker for the seattle seahawks in the national football league nfl.
Mar 29, 2020 in the 52minute video shown below, the late david wilkerson shares a prophetic vision he received in april, 1973, warning of the following five terrible calamities coming to america and the world. In the first chapter, the risen and exalted christ is speaking to john. The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. Benediction is a book i experienced as tender, gentle, and like a deeply moving ballad resonating in the key of life. We open the book of revelation today, and verse 1 begins, the revelation of jesus christ.
As terri explained, the challenge of the distributed leadership model is to avoid chaos. As with all prophecies the revelation also is not easily understood. Revelation 12 explained jesus unveiled revelation is. This is an informational chapter from the little book that tells us about the last gentile world political and world religious power and the men that lead them just before the return of jesus christ. Therefore, this book contains information god intends to disclose or reveal to humans, rather than conceal from us. Although the tendency is to interpret these horsemen with a modern parallel of military hardware, it will probably be as straightforward as the text seems to demand. Sep 02, 2018 expressed in this video are simply allegations. Therefore, the material in this book is the final revelation from god. The book depicts him as the risen, glorified son of god ministering among the churches 1. My favorite example is the single line that developed into tumbleweeds. If youre befuddled by the book of revelation in the bible, dont fret. First of all, there are norms of behavior and guidelines we follow. Carson said he thinks that here and in the whole book of revelation, the time period depicted is to be understood as the period before the second coming of christ.
While a book purchase does help me thank you, it makes someone a customer. Support team benefits escape all these things luke 21. I have recommended this commentary to a number of individuals who sought to truly understand the revelation of jesus christ and the feedback to date has been uniformly positive. As explained in the book of revelation, the 10 toes represent 10 nations, occupying the area of the old roman empire. Book of revelation explained scripture by scripture. The apocalypse, or revelation to john, the last book of the bible, is one of the most difficult to understand because it abounds in unfamiliar and extravagant symbolism, which at best appears unusual to the modern reader. The revelation is the only book in the nt mentioning john as author. Roger barrier takes an indepth look at the book of daniel, to help make sense of bible prophecy and how it applies to what is going on in the world today. Pastor roger barriers ask roger column regularly appears at preach it, teach it. There will be wars and famines and disease epidemics and heavenly signs that.
John the divine is an example of apocalyptic writing a form that delivers a message using symbols, images and numbers. The things john had already seen are recorded in chapter 1. The book of revelation in the bible is one of the more difficult books of the bible to understand. The book of revelation, part 1 lds gospel doctrine plus. Truths about him and his final victory, that the rest of scripture merely allude to, become clearly visible through revelation about jesus christ see historical and theological themes. He describes himself as their brother in the family of god. The author and date of revelation the book s author was obviously john revelation 1. As part of scripture, the book of revelation was given by inspiration of god 2 timothy 3. Daniels friends shadrach, meshach and abednego served as advisers to king nebuchadnezzar of babylon.
Many theological views are comprised and spoken of to understand what god is conveying. Mar 31, 2011 throughout church history the book of revelation has been perhaps both the most ignored and the most abused book in the bible. It is structured or arranged in a very simple way to help us get the. It reads, the call hed been expecting for twentytwo years came at midnight when he was working late at his desk. John mentions his name four times in the book revelation 1. Michael yousef insight is explained simply using gods word as the principle tool. The controversial catholic sect called opus dei is the only secret society mentioned in the da vinci code that may well have some of the smear coming.
Both testaments can be divided into history instruction prophecy revelation is the only book of prophecy in the new testament. Highly recommended for those who have neither read the book of revelation or find it difficult to understand. A testimony of jesus christ is a commentary that explains some of the mysteries of revelation. Simply revelation is a commentary study guide for bible group study or personal study. It alone presents an extensive picture of early church life and history. Typically they start out as customers who love the book and articles and then decide my work is special and want to help make sure it continues. It is here to help christians to survive in a hostile world, and that is how we need to study. A simple outline for the book of revelation is found in revelation 1.
This booklet contains vital understanding that will forever change your outlook on the future. The lives depicted are ordinary lives expressed with extraordinary compassion and understanding in how people think, feel, and experience their shared existence. This commentary has been through advanced checking. The apocalypse speaks about gods antagonist, the beast. If you want to better understand the book of revelation. Nov 11, 2019 we did this because we found in our consulting work that many people simply did not have the experience or context to know how their team should interact with other teams. We hope this dynamic commentary is a beneficial study tool in your devotion to the word of god. Very important we note this and realize we cannot study revelation in the same way we study the book of romans. In some catholic bibles, particularly those translated from latin to english, the book of revelation. Before beginning to go through the content of revelation, we recommend that you read through the introduction, overview, and hermeneutical sections to familiarize yourself with the framework concerning this incredible book of god. The last book of the new testament is usually called the book of revelation or simply revelation. But the book of revelation tells us of another special forces unit, a vast army of 144,000.
The book of revelation closes with the bright and morning star, which is a figure of christ at his coming to take the church out of the world. Book of revelation explained a testimony of jesus christ. This paper is presented as a response to those who say that the angels of the seven churches in revelation 2 and 3 are the pastors of those assemblies. It says, write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. It means unveiling and is used in scripture of the u.
Carson addresses the suffering of the church as seen in. It fittingly has the last place ending the scriptures and gods revelation to man. David wilkersons 1973 vision of five terrible calamities. The crowned conqueror on the white horse armed with a bow, revelation 6.
The book of revelation explained takes you on a easy to understand and eyeopening journey through the book of revelation. In all its uses, revelation refers to something or someone, once hidden, becoming visible. The title as we know it comes from the second century and only partially discloses the theme of the document. The author of the book of revelation, saint john the divine, offers a transcription of seven letters and later describes strange beasts, visions of judgments, governments, demonic battles, heaven, and a new world order a prophetic vision for the end of the world. Asia in this book is part of the country that we now call turkey. To jerry and sherry roberts thank you for your faithful friendship and love for our lord and my family.
Supporters are those who go beyond book orders and send donations, especially regularly. Its really impossible to understand whats going on in revelation without understanding the book of daniel. Book of revelation for dummies cheat sheet dummies. What is the most difficult book in the bible to understand. This is why the authorized king james version calls revelation the revelation of saint john the divine divine was a seventeenth.
Later manuscripts usually have the title of the revelation of the theologian. Next in johns vision, war breaks out in heaven between michael and his angels and the dragon and his angels, and the dragon is hurled down to earth and loses his place in heaven. Younger audiences have been shaped by apocalyptic television and movie images which include tsunamis higher than skyscrapers, seismic yawns that swallow whole cities, and asteroids whose impact effectively uncreate creation. Its prophecies of worldruling empires are closely related to revelation.
Mar 23, 2016 the why is the more interesting part of the question. One could answer job simply because all conversations between job and his three friends and then a fourth is exceedingly dry. The rapture is the hope of the new testament, just as the revelation of christ was the hope of the old testament. If we did not realize already that it takes a lifetime to understand the bible and thats a good thing, the point is driven home when we get to the last book in the bible revelation. When he turned notice, it took an action on his part to receive the vision, he saw seven golden candlesticks and christ in the midst of them. Bethany cobb kung thinks is just simply a wonderful opportunity. Blue, often abbreviated as rvb, is a comic science fiction video web series created by rooster teeth productions and distributed through the internet and on dvd. The acts of the apostles is a unique and therefore crucial book of the new testament. The book of revelation was written for a people under pressure. A word list at the end explains words with a star by them. It starts out simply enough, it is a revelation in greek, apocalypse from jesus christ, it is a prophecy, and it comes as a letter to seven churches.
Verse by verse commentary on revelation precept austin. This book is designed to provide easy understanding to a difficult topic. Revelation online is a breathtaking massive multiplayer online role playing game set in the lively, fantasy open world of nuanor. But ye are departed out of the way, of truth and righteousness, of life and peace, of eternal salvation and happiness, pointed to by christ and his forerunner, and by his apostles and ministers that followed him, and which was clearly showed in the preaching of the gospel. For example inhisgrace appears to hold a midtribulation view of eschatology which states that the rapture of the church doesnt take place until some time in the middle of the tribulation period. Audio messages are also available to complement your study. Since receiving divine revelation is at the heart of biblical meditation, you must prepare yourself to receive from the holy spirit by repenting and being cleansed by the blood of the lamb. Old testament in the new testament, the bakers evangelical. The new testament proclaims its indebtedness to the old testament on the very first page. The fourth approach of the book of revelation is not examined by elliot and is the view that this study shall take. While many associate the word apocalypse with great disaster, the book of revelation begins and ends by saying that those who read, understand, and apply its message would be happy for doing so.