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The Revelation of Jesus Christ

• (Rev 11 NKJV) The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
  which God gave Him to show His servants things
  which must shortly take place. And He sent and
  signified it by His angel to His servant John,

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The Revelation of Jesus Christ

• Revelation - ??p??a????? Apokalupsis,
• Apocalypse means properly, nakedness
• It would apply to anything which had been covered
  up so as to be hidden from the view, as by a
  veil, a darkness, in an ark or chest, and then
  made manifest by removing the covering. It comes
  then to be used in the sense of disclosing or
  revealing, by removing the veil of darkness or
  ignorance.

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Which God gave Him

• The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
  Him.
• God is the ultimate source, but it comes through
  Christ.
• God is the One behind it all.
• It is God Who knows all.

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To reveal the future, not Christ

• To show His servants things which must shortly
  take place.
• things which must . . . take place.
• Why must they take place?
• Could be part of Gods desires for justice.
• Could be a natural result of things taking place.

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To reveal the near future

• To show His servants things which must shortly
  take place.
• While some think this means all things must
  shortly take place, The all is added by us It is
  not necessary to suppose that the meaning is that
  all that there is in the book was soon to happen.
  It may mean that the series of events which were
  to follow on in their . . .

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To reveal the near future

• proper order was soon to commence, though it
  might be that the sequel would be remote. The
  first in the series of events was soon to begin,
  and the others would follow on in their train,
  though a portion of them, in the regular order,
  might be in a remote futurity. -- Albert Barnes

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Signified is not sign-i-fied

• (Rev 11 NASB) The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
  which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants,
  the things which must shortly take place and He
  sent and communicated it by His angel to His
  bond-servant John,

• And He sent and signified it by His angel to His
  servant John,

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The Only other places the word is used

• Joh_1233 Joh_1832 Joh_2119 Act_1128
  Act_2527,
• (John 1232-33 NKJV) "And I, if I am lifted up
  from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself."
  33 This He said, signifying by what death He
  would die.

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The Only other places the word is used

• Joh_1832 Joh_2119 Act_1128 Act_2527,
• (John 1831-32 NKJV) Then Pilate said to them,
  "You take Him and judge Him according to your
  law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not
  lawful for us to put anyone to death," 32 that
  the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He
  spoke, signifying by what death He would die.

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Other places the word is used

• Joh_2119 Act_1128 Act_2527,
• (John 2118-19 NKJV) "Most assuredly, I say to
  you, when you were younger, you girded yourself
  and walked where you wished but when you are
  old, you will stretch out your hands, and another
  will gird you and carry you where you do not
  wish." 19 This He spoke, signifying by what
  death he would glorify God. And when He had
  spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me.

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Joh_2119 Act_1128 Act_2527,

• (Acts 1128 KJV) And there stood up one of them
  named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that
  there should be great dearth throughout all the
  world which came to pass in the days of Claudius
  Caesar.

• (Acts 1128 NKJV) Then one of them, named
  Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that
  there was going to be a great famine throughout
  all the world, which also happened in the days of
  Claudius Caesar.

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Joh_2119 Act_1128 Act_2527,

• (Acts 2527 KJV) For it seemeth to me
  unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal
  to signify the crimes laid against him.

• (Acts 2527 NKJV) "For it seems to me
  unreasonable to send a prisoner and not to
  specify the charges against him."

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by His angel to His servant John,

• Message to His angel
• To His Servant John
• To all who would read or hear.

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John was a faithful witness.

• (Rev 12 NKJV) who bore witness to the word of
  God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all
  things that he saw.

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Blessed is he who reads or hears

• (Rev 13 NKJV) Blessed is he who reads and those
  who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep
  those things which are written in it for the
  time is near.

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And keep those things which are written therein -

• Keep in mind those things which relate to the
  future and obey those things which arc required
  as truth and duty. The blessing which results
  from having in possession the revealed truth of
  God is not merely in reading it, or in hearing
  it it results from the fact that the truth is
  properly regarded, and exerts a suitable
  influence over our lives. -- Albert Barnes

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To the seven churches in Asia

• (Rev 14 NKJV) John, to the seven churches which
  are in Asia Grace to you and peace from Him who
  is and who was and who is to come, and from the
  seven Spirits who are before His throne,

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The seven churches in Asia
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The Letter from God and Christ

• (Rev 15 NKJV) and from Jesus Christ, the
  faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead,
  and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him
  who loved us and washed us from our sins in His
  own blood,

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Kingdom of Priests

• (Rev 16 NKJV) and has made us kings and priests
  to His God and Father, to Him be glory and
  dominion forever and ever. Amen.

• (Rev 16 NASB) and He has made us to be a
  kingdom, priests to His God and Father to Him be
  the glory and the dominion forever and ever.
  Amen.

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He is coming with clouds,

• (Rev 17 NKJV) Behold, He is coming with clouds,
  and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced
  Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn
  because of Him. Even so, Amen.
• Theres never been a day like this one! Things
  will change forever!

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The Son of Man coming on the clouds

• (Mat 2427-31 NKJV) "For as the lightning comes
  from the east and flashes to the west, so also
  will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 "For
  wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be
  gathered together. 29 "Immediately after the
  tribulation of those days the sun will be
  darkened, and the moon will not give its light
  the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers
  of the heavens will be shaken.

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The Son of Man coming on the clouds

• (Mat 2427-31 NKJV) 30 "Then the sign of the
  Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all
  the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will
  see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven
  with power and great glory. 31 "And He will
  send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
  and they will gather together His elect from the
  four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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Signed by God

• (Rev 18 NKJV) "I am the Alpha and the Omega,
  the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who
  is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

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I was in exile

• (Rev 19 NKJV) I, John, both your brother and
  companion in the tribulation and kingdom and
  patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that
  is called Patmos for the word of God and for the
  testimony of Jesus Christ.

• (John 2122 NKJV) Jesus said to him, "If I will
  that he remain till I come, what is that to you?
  You follow Me."

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He had a spiritual experience

• (Rev 110 NKJV) I was in the Spirit on the
  Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice,
  as of a trumpet,

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Write down what you see

• (Rev 111 NKJV) saying, "I am the Alpha and the
  Omega, the First and the Last," and, "What you
  see, write in a book and send it to the seven
  churches which are in Asia to Ephesus, to
  Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to
  Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

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The seven churches in Asia

• (Rev 111 NKJV), send it to the seven churches
  which are in Asia to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to
  Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to
  Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

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He saw the Lampstands

• (Rev 112 NKJV) Then I turned to see the voice
  that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven
  golden lampstands,
• (Rev 120 NKJV) and the seven lampstands which
  you saw are the seven churches.

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Jesus is in the midst of the churches

• (Rev 113 NKJV) and in the midst of the seven
  lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with
  a garment down to the feet and girded about the
  chest with a golden band.

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A Description of Christ

• (Rev 114 NKJV) His head and hair were white
  like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a
  flame of fire

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The sound of many waters

• (Rev 115 NKJV) His feet were like fine brass,
  as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the
  sound of many waters
• It doesnt sound that loud, but can you talk over
  it?

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The Seven Stars

• (Rev 116 NKJV) He had in His right hand seven
  stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged
  sword, and His countenance was like the sun
  shining in its strength.
• (Rev 120 NKJV) "The mystery of the seven stars
  which you saw in My right hand, and the seven
  golden lampstands The seven stars are the angels
  of the seven churches,

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John is overwhelmed!

• (Rev 117 NKJV) And when I saw Him, I fell at
  His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on
  me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid I am the
  First and the Last.

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He has all power Authority

• (Rev 118 NKJV) "I am He who lives, and was
  dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen.
  And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
• a??d?? hades
• properly unseen, that is, Hades or the place
  (state) of departed souls - grave, hell.

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What it is all about

• (Rev 119 NKJV) "Write the things which you have
  seen, and the things which are, and the things
  which will take place after this.

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What it is all about

• (Rev 119 NKJV)
• "Write the things which you have seen,
• He say what was in chapter 1.
• and the things which are,
• That will be chapters 2 3 the 7 churches.
• and the things which will take place after this.
• The rest of the book the rest of time.

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One point we didnt discuss

• (Rev 120 NKJV) "The mystery of the seven stars
  which you saw in My right hand, and the seven
  golden lampstands The seven stars are the angels
  of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands
  which you saw are the seven churches.

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The angels of the seven churches

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• Aggelos Angelos
• Thayer Definition
• 1) a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel,
  a messenger from God
• I believe these were the preachers, or elders of
  the churches. How else would John be able to
  talk to them?

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A special blessing on those who hear or read this
book.

• (Rev 13 NKJV) Blessed is he who reads and those
  who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep
  those things which are written in it for the
  time is near.

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Why Revelation instead of Isaiah?

• The lessons in Isaiah tend to be somewhat
  repetitive of things we have already studied.
• We lose part of the feeling of the story since we
  already studied the historical events.
• Revelation is more relevant to our time.
• I believe Gods wants us to be informed about
  what we may see in our lifetime.

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