The Revelation of Jesus Christ, Part 3

Outline of Revelation

The Things Which You Have Seen (1:1–20)

The Prologue (1:1–8)

The Vision of the Glorified Christ (1:9–18)

John’s Commission to Write (1:19–20)

The Things Which Are (2:1–3:22)

The Letter to the Church at Ephesus (2:1–7)

The Letter to the Church at Smyrna (2:8–11)

The Letter to the Church at Pergamum (2:12–17)

The Letter to the Church at Thyatira (2:18–29)

The Letter to the Church at Sardis (3:1–6)

The Letter to the Church at Philadelphia (3:7–13)

The Letter to the Church at Laodicea (3:14–22)

The Things Which Will Take Place After This (4:1–22:21)

Worship Before God’s Heavenly Throne (4:1–5:14)

The Tribulation (6:1–18:24)

The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ (19:1–21)

The Millennium (20:1–10)

The Great White Throne Judgment (20:11–15)

The Eternal State (21:1–22:21)1

1 John F. MacArthur Jr., Revelation 1–11, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago: Moody Press, 1999), 11.

Outline of Chapter One

Big Idea: The Revelation of Jesus Christ is all about making the glory of Christ Known.

The Things Which You Have Seen (1:1–20)

The Prologue (1:1–8)

The Revelation of Jesus - (1:1-2)

The Blessing (1:3)

The Recipients (1:4, 11)

The Sender (1:4-8)

Jesus Christ, the Faithful Witness

Jesus Christ, the Firstborn From the Dead

Jesus Christ, the Ruler of the Kings of the Earth

Jesus, the Lover

Jesus, the Kingdom Maker

Jesus, the Priest Maker

Jesus, Returning With the Clouds

Jesus, The Object of Every Eye

Jesus, the Alpha and Omega

The Vision of the Glorified Christ (1:9–18)

John, the Witness (1:9-11)

The Son of Man (1:12-18)

John’s Commission to Write (1:19–20)

Introduction

Let’s begin by reading Chapter 1 again.

Revelation 1.

Revelation 1 ESV

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. 4 John to the seven churches that 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, 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that 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 are the seven churches.

The Things Which You Have Seen (1:1–20)

Big Idea:

The Vision of the Glorified Christ (1:9–18)

John, the Witness (Revelation 1:9-11)

Revelation 1:9–11 ESV

9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

John penned that which he saw, which he was given to convey to the church. At the end of the book, his penmanship is confirmed.

Revelation 22:6-8.

Revelation 22:6–8 ESV

6 And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” 7 “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me,

But remember, Jesus is the author of this book.

Revelation 22:16.

Revelation 22:16 ESV

16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

The Son of Man (1:12-18)

John’s Commission to Write (1:19–20)

Vs 19 gives us a very simple outline for the book.

The Things You have Seen - Chapter 1

The Things Which Are - Chapters 2-3

The Things Which Will Take Place After This - Chapters 4-22

Conclusion

Application