REVELATION Eternal of Son of Man 1:1718

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REVELATIONEternal of Son of Man 117-18

• Divine Son of Man
• First and last (eternal)
• Living one
• Dead but alive forevermore
• Keys of death and Hades

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REVELATIONEternal of Son of Man 117-18

• Meaning of keys of death and Hades
• Hades- Hebrew word translated to Greek meaning
  death or grave
• Place of departed wicked (Lk. 1623 Rev.
  2013-14)
• Place of all the dead (Acts 227, 31)
• Keys - authority over

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REVELATIONWrite the Mystery 119-20

• Write
• Things you have seen
• So far seen
• Things which are
• Present state of the church
• Things which will take place after these things
• Things which are about to take place

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REVELATIONWrite the Mystery 119-20

• Mystery
• Seven stars angels of the seven churches
• Angels
• Occurs 67 times in Revelation
• Depicting heavenly beings
• Can be translated messenger (heavenly or not)
• The text indicates spiritual beings

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LESSON FROM THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS

• Seven Principles
• Christ knows every Christian
• Christ wants churches to guard their teaching
• Christ wants Christians to grow in service
• Christ wants Christians to live in purity

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LESSON FROM THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS

• Seven Principles
• Christ wants Christians to be ready for
  persecution
• Christ wants Christians to know they can be lost
• Christ will richly reward Christians who overcome

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LESSON FROM THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS

• Guard the Teaching
• Ephesus - tried those claiming to be apostles
  found them to be false
• Pergamum - allowed teaching to eat meat offered
  to idols and acts of immorality
• Thyatira - allowed prophetess Jezebel and
  teaching to eat meat offered to idols and acts of
  immorality

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LESSON FROM THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS

• Guard the Teaching
• Sardis - remember what they had received and keep
  it
• Philadelphia - praised for keeping Christs word

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LESSON FROM THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS

• Grow in Service
• Ephesus - Left first love (24)
• Thyatira - Last more than first (219)
• Sardis - dead, nothing finished (31)
• Philadelphia - door opened (38)
• Laodicea - lukewarm (315)

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LESSON FROM THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDS

• Can Be Lost
• Ephesus - Repent and do deeds (24)
• Smyrna - Faithful unto death (210)
• Pergamum - Repent or else (216)
• Thyatira - Repent of her deeds (222)
• Sardis - repent, not erase from book of life
  (33)
• Philadelphia - Hold fast (311)
• Laodicea - Spew out of mouth (316)

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THRONE OF GODChapter 4

• God rules as creator
• Twenty-four elders before the throne
• Representative of the redeemed-overcomers
• Those who overcome in heaven (see 321)
• Sit on thrones (321)
• Dressed in white (35)
• Have gold crowns (210)
• Four living creatures before the throne
• All recognize Gods sovereignty

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WORTHY IS THE LAMBChapter 5

• Worthy is the Lamb for redeeming people
• Breaking the seals represents the execution of
  Gods plan
• Sacrificial Lamb worthy
• Divinely sealed
• Divinely opened
• Worthy means moral standing
• Lion of Judah Abrahams offspring
• The root of Jesse line of David
• Has overcome so opens the book