Revelation: Christ's Ultimate Triumph

It’s time for a new book study.

We spent 5 months and 20 sermons in the book of Daniel. As we wrapped that up last week I noted how someone once said that Daniel is like Prophecy with training wheels because the angel explains the vision to Daniel.

Well, now the training wheels come off. We’re jumping right into the book of Revelation.

I don’t how you feel about that internally. Some people get excited for Revelation and want more and more. Others may have a feeling of dread.

Allow me to take a few moments to explain why we are going to preach through this book, and perhaps convince you that you ought to be excited for it.

Why Study the book of Revelation?

1. Revelation is the word of God

First and foremost we should study this book because it is the word of God. We cannot neglect it because it is hard. We cannot skip over it because it is challenging to understand. We must start with the belief that it is the Word of God and it is profitable for us.

We are all familiar with this text:

2 Timothy 3:16–17 LSB

All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be equipped, having been thoroughly equipped for every good work.

All Scripture. Not some. Not all books except Revelation. All Scripture.

It is profitable. Doctrine, reproof, correction, training in righteousness.

2. Revelation finishes what Daniel started

There is some degree of hyperbole in that. Daniel wasn’t the first to offer prophecy of the end times. But Revelation is certainly the final word on it. Daniel gave us a taste of things to come. He spoke of the coming prince who was to come, the famed little horn.

Revelation fills in more gaps and gives us the most complete picture of what the world can expect during the 7-year tribulation period.

Daniel taught us about the resurrection at the end of the age.

Revelation expands upon that and teaches us about what will occur at the time of the resurrection and what the New Heaven and New Earth brings us.

Daniel encourages faithfulness in the face of persecution for the saints.

Revelation picks up on that theme and encourages the same, but also warns those who persist in rebellion and urges them to repent.

Daniel hints at the coming victory of the Ancient of Days.

Revelation paints the glorious picture of the Jesus the Messiah riding into battle on a white horse with all his saints in tow, conquring the AntiChrist and providing victory for the saints. We see the final battle ultimate victory in striking terms.

Revelation finishes the story in grand fashion. Revelation fills in the gaps and paints a panorama for us to behold the holiness, greatness, and kingship of our God and Savior.

Revelation finishes what Daniel started.

3. Revelation comes with a blessing

Revelation 1:3 LSB

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, for the time is near.

This is the only book of the bible that comes with this kind of built in blessing. Blessed is he who reads and those who hear and those who keep the things which are written.

I don’t know about you, but I want God’s blessing in my life!

We shouldn’t misunderstand this to mean financial prosperity or that you’ll have a life free from hardship.

But we should understand it to mean exactly what it says. Are you blessed when you are sanctified by Scripture? Yes!

Are you blessed when you motivated to proclaim the Gospel and we see people come to faith as a result? Yes!

Are you blessed when you understand God’s word and are encouraged by it? Yes!

Are you blessed when you are confronted by the Word of God on your sin and so turn away from it? Yes!

There are a whole host of ways in which God’s blessing makes itself known in our lives, and Revelation provides us a direct promise of blessing when you read, hear, and obey the words of this prophecy.

4. Revelation is often misunderstood

Revelation is often misunderstood. We are living in times where there is much confusion about the end times.

Sadly some have taken to a sensationalized approach to teaching the end times. Apache helicopters. Blood Moons. Microchips as the mark of Beast. The Left Behind series and the works by people like John Hagee, Hal Lindsey, and a host of popular level works in between. Not helpful.

The problem here is that the sensationalized approach becomes outdated as time moves on. Before microchips were the supposed mark, it was a tattoo’d barcode. Before that it was social security numbers. Even if we are right about the rest of our understanding of Revelation, when we sensationalize and speculate and get it wrong, we damage our witness and the credibility of the rest of our interpretations.

We are currently seeing in the broader evangelical landscape a max exodus from the pretrib-premil position that we hold, and many people cite the sensational and faulty speculations of people in our camp for the reason they leave.

As a result, the pendulum swings to other extremes. Some say the imagery in Revelation is merely symbolic of things that have already taken place in the past, and we only await the second coming of Christ.

Other say that it speaks of no specific events in particular, only uses imagery that describes the human condition and we can find parallels to a variety of events throughout history and even to today.

Some say that the Millennial reign of Christ is happening right now.

Some say that we must be the ones who build the kingdom for Christ to receive when he comes back.

Some have become so confused over all the options that they’d rather punt on the book and never open it up ever again!

So instead of saying “I hold to a premillenial” understanding or an “amillennial” or “Postmillennial” understanding, these individuals would say they are pan-millennial. They just know it all pans out in the end.

While this quip is often good for chuckle, I do think it represents something seriously wrong with how we approach divinely inspired Scripture. God has giving us His word to understand. The book of revelation isn’t titled the veiling, the covering, or the hiding. It’s called REVELATION. We are giving this book to know something!

We are given a blessing if we read it and obey it! We cannot afford to punt on the word of God!

Because it is often misunderstood, it is good for us to take the time to wade through this book and see the simple message that it contains, and learn how to live in light of it.

5. Revelation grounds us in revealed truth

We are living in perilous times

Whenever there are significant national or world catastrophes, interest in the end times goes up. A few years ago we lived through the COVID pandemic. We see more clearly now, but in the early stages of that many feared the worst. I saw fear and distrust in everyone’s eyes wherever we went as people tried to keep their social distance.

Then there are wars in the middle east, a war in Ukraine, and Nuclear tensions are ongoing, and North Korea is still N Korea, and China is still china.

Add cyber security threats, battles over trade, and the expanding role of AI in today’s society, and there are all kinds of opportunities for anxiety over the state of the world.

What do we make of it all? Is there anything going on today that gives us hints of what is to come? Does any of the craziness of the world have prophetic significance? Is Russia’s aggression a signal of Gog and Magog? Are the Red Heifers being bred a clue about Israel’s ability to build a temple and offer sacrifice?

Having a solid grasp of the book of Revelation goes a long way to helping ground us in solidly revealed truth and not getting carried away in unnecessary speculation.

Having a solid grasp of Revelation will encourage us when we are tempted to be fearful with all the crazy developments going on in the world.

6. Revelation gives us a zeal for the lost

We legitimately do not know how much time we have left on this earth. Every week we observe the Lord’s table and we anticipate his return. Every week we reflect on the day when we will eat with him in glory. Every week we say Come quickly, Lord Jesus.

What if his return was tomorrow? How you live today? What if his return wasn’t for another 100 years. How would you live for your life?

This is the tension we live with as believers. Every generation of believers since the times of the apostles right up until our own day has lived with this dual emphasis. Perhaps today, so I live with urgency. Perhaps in 500 years, so I build with intentionality so future generations might hear the Gospel.

We embrace and teach the doctrine of immanency, that Christ could return for His church at literally any moment. Any moment means it could be this moment. Any moment means it could be in 200 years.

The fact of the matter is that we simple do not know, and Jesus himself said that no man knows the day or the hour! When asked by his disciples after his resurrection about the coming kingdom, he said it is not for you to know the times or the seasons. Day, hour, times, seasons. That’s not been given to us!

What has been given?

We know that when the end does arrive it will be the worst period of time the world has ever seen.

We know that when the end does arrive, many who have lived in ongoing rebellion will be given over to deception.

We know that when the does arrive, many who have lived in rebellion will curse God even as they wish for their own death.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my friends, my family, or even my worst enemy to experience what God says is coming on this earth.

We need to be reminded of the truth of Revelation so that we are aware of what God says is coming and that will fill us with a fresh zeal for the lost so that if possible, perhaps God might exercise his mercy in the salvation of more sinners.

We don’t seek to motivate evangelism from guilt. We seek to motivate evangelism from love.

We need our hearts broken for the lost and what will befall this world.

These are at least some of the reasons to study this great book. Notice I didn’t even mention getting to build charts! Side benefit.

Let’s get into some of the background information for this book.

Introductory Material

Author: The Apostle John

As with nearly every biblical book, there is debate about the author. Usually, however, the debate comes from secular scholars who are seeking to discredit the book, and with Revelation that is less the case. Even among those who are considered conservative and accept the book as divinely inspired there is debate about who wrote it.

Was it the apostle John, who also wrote the Gospel of John and the Epistles of 1, 2, 3 John?

Or was it some other John that we don’t know anything else about?

I had a whole section of this sermon written out to explain the reasons for why we should accept the authorship of the apostle John. For the sake of time, I’m going ship over it. Not because it isn’t important, but because there are more important issues to discuss. If you want the full story, let me know and I’ll provide you with the information.

For now, I believe it was written by the Apostle John, from exile on the slave labor camp on the Island of Patmos.

When it comes to finding an answer for authorship and date, there are two primary criteria that scholars use to answer the question. Internal Evidence and External Evidence.

External Evidence is evidence for authorship and date that exists outside of the book itself. Did other authors attribute the book to him? Did any early church fathers suggest a date for the book?

When it comes to external evidence, there is nearly unanimous agreement that apostle John wrote the book. Why then do some doubt?

The internal evidence. Internal evidence is evidence from within the book itself that would give clues about the author and date. When we look at the content of the book of Revelation itself, some have argued that it cannot possible be the apostle John because the grammar is different from his other works and his vocabulary is highly unusual.

I don’t pretend to be able to read the original Greek well enough to notice those kinds of things, but Robert Thomas in His commentary provides an excellent defense of the authoriship of the Apostle John as he notes that those who look at the differences in style, grammar, and vocabulary often overlook several key things:

The purpose of writing. John’s Gospel and John’s Revelation were written to different audiences, in different places, and for different reasons. Everyone’s style of writing changes based on their purpose and context.

The place of writing. John is writing in exile from Patmos.

The genre of the book. The Gospel of John is a historical narrative designed to convince you to believe in Christ. The Epistles were personal letters written to individuals in a local church setting. Revelation is prophetic, filled with striking imagery, and heavily influenced by the Old Testament.

While its fair to recognize that there are differences in style from his other works, it must also be noted that there are similarities as well. Thomas points out a variety of terms and phrases that are either unique to John or else mostly used by John in comparison to the rest of the NT authors.

The strong external evidence and the these factors explaining the internal evidence leads me to the conclusion that the Apostle John was likely the author.

Why does this matter? Some who cast doubt on the authorship of the apostle John also will cast doubt on its claim to be a genuine divinely inspired book.

If you want more information, I suggest Robert Thomas.

Date: around 95 AD

We have strong evidence to point us toward a mid 90s date for the writing of Revelation.

Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Eusebius, who was a historian, Jerome, and many other early church authors testified to the Apostle John as author, and a date in the mid 90s AD.

Why does this matter?

There are some today who will will claim that the book was actually written much earlier, perhaps in the mid 60s AD. Why?

Their interpretation of the book is such that they believe that the majority of it refers to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, so they need the book to have been prior to that. In fact, one could argue that their entire theological position rests on Revelation being written before 70AD.

However, we are faced with the reality that many early church testimonies point to the late date.

In addition to that, when we think about the internal evidence, the early date simply doesn’t fit.

For example, the fact that John is in exile on Patmos. A mid 60s date would mean Nero was emperor. We have no accounts of Nero ever exiling anyone, but rather he would burn them at the stake or find other gruesome ways to execute his victims.

Domitian, however, who was emperor during the mid 90s, his favorite method of persecuting Christians was that of exile and banishment.

John being on Patmos in exile doesn’t fit with an early date, but does with the late.

Another clue for a late date are the details in the letters to the seven churches. In the mid 60s, Paul was either still alive, or had just died. It’s hard to imagine that the churches addressed in Revelation, and particularly the church in Ephesus could experience such rapid theological and moral decline by the 60s.

The letter to Laodicea doesn’t make sense in a mid 60s date. Laodicea was decimated by an earthquake in 60AD, and would have not been in the “rich” condition described in Revelation 3. But given another 30 years to rebuild and begin trading again, it certainly could have been a commercial staple once again.

The letter to the church at Smyrna would be confusing, because we have evidence that there was no church planted in Smyrna during the days of Paul. The church didn’t even exist for John to write to them if a 60s date is correct.

There is more evidence, but I think that proves the point for now. I can certainly provide you with more information if you desire.

Bottom line: it’s clear that Apostle John wrote it, and it’s a slam dunk case that it was written in the mid 90s AD.

Why does the date matter?

I mentioned earlier that one approach to interpreting the book of Revelation that is gaining significant steam today heavily relies on Revelation being written in the 60s. If it wasn’t written in the 60s, many of the interpretive arguments, and many of the interpretations themselves using that methodology simply don’t make sense.

And it’s not just me saying that. Those who hold to that approach readily admit that their whole system depends on the early date.

Suddenly the dating of the book affect our hermeneutics, our method of interpretation. Suddenly, this matters a lot!

I’m going to get to interpretive approaches momentarily, so I’ll come back around to that, but first I’d like to make a note on the genre of the book:

Genre: Prophecy

The title of the book is “Revelation” which comes from the Greek word “Ἀποκάλυψις” which means to reveal, to disclose, to make known, to appear.

It speaks of a divine revelation of information.

Some have taken the Greek word Ἀποκάλυψις and have taken a group of writings and labeled them “apocalyptic”

It is very common for people to refer to Revelation as apocalyptic literature, along with portions of Daniel, Ezekiel, the Olivet discourse, as well as a few other passages throughout Scripture.

When you look at other writings from outside the Scriptures that have also been labeled “apocalyptic” you find an interesting collection of writings that are quite fanciful.

Apocalyptic literature has several distinct characteristics: it contains a lot of imagery and symbolism, it pertains to some cataclysmic event, and it often involves heavenly beings and cosmic fallout. An interesting detail of non-biblical apocalyptic literature is that it is often pseudonymous, which is to say, it is evident that it wasn’t written by the person whose name is attached to it.

Is Revelation apocalyptic and should that affect how we read it?

I have come to reject the idea that it is, or at least to reject what many people mean when they call it so.

Why?

First, If we allow John himself to be our guide, he says that this is a book of prophecy.

Five times John calls this work the words of prophecy. It is clear that prophecies can use imagery and symbolism to make their point, which we see all throughout the Old Testament. There is no legitimate reason why we could not rightly categorize this work as prophecy instead of apcalyptic.

Second, calling it apocalyptic introduces several problems:

Calling it apocalyptic literature can have the negative impact of making it feel less accessible for the bible student.

I remember being told by a fellow student in Bible college that you really cannot understand the book of Revelation unless you have read at least 1000 pages of Jewish apocalyptic literature from this era of time.

I have to say, that’s complete hogwash. The Spirit of God is sufficient for us to understand his word without having to read 1000 pages of writing from unbelievers. Saying stuff like that puts Revelation out of reach for the majority of Bible students who just want to know and obey God’s Word! Having that approach

Those who call it apocalyptic say that because it is such, we have to approach it with special rules. I don’t believe that is the case. The standard literal, grammatical, historical approach still applies, which I will explain momentarily.

Those who call it apocalyptic usually downplay the literal fulfillment of the contents of the book. They can dismiss any detail on the basis that it is merely symbolic.

Because of these abuses of the concept of apocalyptic, I think it’s best to call it what John calls it: a book of prophecy.

That leads us to interpretive approach.

Interpretive Approach: Futurist

It is generally agreed that there are four essential approaches to understanding the book of Revelation.

The Preterist Approach. The word preterist comes from the latin word that means “past” as in history. Those who hold to a preterist approach interpret the bulk of revelation as having already occurred in 70AD with the destruction of Jerusalem. Most would see the second coming of Christ as still future, and they are called partial-preterists, but there are some hyper, or full preterists who say even the second coming has already come and gone. Look around. This is the new heaven and the new earth! better make the most of it. There are numerous problems with preterism.

It relies on the early date, which we have already seen is impossible.

It cannot make sense of many details in the text that simply don’t line up with the events of 70 AD

When it comes to a detail they cannot explain they tend to assume that it is symbolic from my perspective they can make it mean whatever they want.

This approach has led to no consensus on what most of Revelation means, because everyone had a different theory on how the details apply to 70AD.

They have to see the events of Revelation 20 occuring before the events of Revelation 19, thereby confusing the chronology of the book.

Look around you. Does this look like the new heavens and the new earth?? I really hope not!

The historicist approach. This approach says that Revelation has largely been fulfilled throughout history as time has gone on. They take details of plague and say, that must have been the black plague of the 1400-1600s. They look at other wars and conclude it lines up with other things in history. There are few who take this approach today, because it is evident to many that lining up the details is incredibly forced.

The idealist approach. The idealist approach says everything is symbolic of the trouble that mankind sees as part of the human experience. There is no one intended fulfillment of any detail, but is describes our common condition of life in a fallen world until Jesus comes back. Plagues happen from time to time. War happens from time to time. Judgments of different kinds happen. We are all living Revelation every day.

The ironic thing about many of these approaches is that they are often symbolic, except for when it comes to the return of Christ. THAT they take literally, but they have no consistent reason for why they shift from symbolic to literal on that singular point.

Finally, there is the Futurist approach, which is how we will be approaching our study. The futurist says that majority of the book anticipates realities that are yet to come. It says that the prophecies of coming judgment on the earth take place during the 7-year tribulation period on the earth. It holds that the millenial kingdom is future and will last for 1000 years just it says 5 times in 6 verses in Rev 20.

Some have tried to blend these approaches. Most of the time they try to blend futurism with idealism. I can understand this from one perspective: I think they are trying to hold to the authors intend in the future fulfillment, but they are trying to find ways to make Revelation applicable to life here and now, and by finding ways that events in history and even today line up with the judgments, perhaps they can find their application.

I believe it is tremendously important for us to understand what Revelation means, and how Jesus and John intended it to mean. I also believe that it is of upmost importance that we understand how we can apply a book that is largely future to us here and now.

All Scripture is profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. Just like we did with Daniel, we must take great pains to understand what was meant with the words, but then learn how to apply it to our own lives such that it produces holiness within us.

John says blessed is the one who reads, hears, and keeps, which means obeys this book. How do we obey a book that is large about the future when 1) we won’t even be present or 2) if we are present it will be in glorified bodies?

That is a massively important question and one that we will take great pains to answer every week we are in this study.

But we will not appeal to the idealist approach to do so.

Here at Pillar we embrace the Literal, grammatical, historical hermeneutic. A hermeneutic is a method of interpretation.

By literal we mean that we seek to understand the authors intent and take his words at face value. This does not mean that we don’t recognize symbolism. This does not mean that take the imagery as anything put imagery. It does mean that when John intends something to be take symbolically, there are clues in the text that help us see that. John will often say things like “I saw something like” “This appeared as” or this is spiritually speaking Sodom and Egypt, as he does in Rev 11:8. By these textually based indicators, we understand where the symbolism is and isn’t, and just how literally we should take things.

Even when we recognize symbols and imagery for what they are, we recognize that they are communicating a literal truth. And we shouldn’t miss that.

By grammatical we mean that the meaning of the words and phrases are found in their grammatical construction. Words have meaning, and they have meaning in context.

By historical we mean that how we understand the words and phrase reflect the day and age when the author wrote. Words shift in meaning over time, and we should not insert a later meaning into the text at a time when a word did not mean that. We see this with English. Gay today means something different than it did 100 years ago. Study once mean to be diligent, today it is more about the acquisition of knowledge.

To literal, grammatical, historical. We are seeking to understand the original authors intended meaning.

When we do that, we end up with a futuristic view of the book of revelation.

Alright, let’s talk about details of the book.

Overall Purpose: To both encourage and warn

The overall purpose of the book of revelation is twofold:

To encourage suffering and persecuted believers that the ultimate victory will be won by Christ, and so they must persevere in their faith.

John was writing from exile on Patmos, essentially doing slave labor in his old age. Domitian was the emperor of the time, and he insisted on being called Lord and God. For Christians, this was blasphemous and he responded to their refusal by exiling them and putting them to forced labor.

The churches that John wrote had clearly undergone severe hardship and had to be encouraged to “overcome” their difficulties. They needed to persevere to the end. Though there would be many martyrs, he encourages faithfulness to Christ.

Thus, even though the middle of the book is dark and harrowing, to points forward to the day of ultimately deliverance and victory of God upon his return, the final defeat of the antichrist, satan, and all his demons, and the ushering in of the eternal state with the New heavens and new earth.

It was to encourage suffering believers.

It was to warn rebellious sinners.

A primary theme of the book is God’s judgment of all mankind. Those who persecuted the saints will receive justice. Those who follow the antichrist will receive justice. Those who persist in unrepentant sin will face judgment.

This book is a warning to all those who have not yet trusted in Christ. Embrace the Savior King before it is too late! Embrace him now before you writhe in pain and call out to the mountains to fall on you. Embrace him now before you die of pestilence, famine, plague, or sword. Embrace him before the King comes on a white horse and ends all those who stand in opposition to him.

This is a book to encourage. This is a book to warn.

Key Verses and Themes

Revelation 1:3 LSB

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, for the time is near.

Revelation 1:19 LSB

“Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

Revelation 4:8–11 LSB

And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within, and day and night they do not cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.” And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”

Revelation highly exalts the glory, power, and majesty of the triune God. Christ is pictured in radiant glory. The glory of the Father dominates the heavenly scenes.

Our God is not a weak God. Our God is now a cowering God. Our God is not a wimpy God. He is the all-powerful, all-knowing, ever present, self existing exaulted king of all the universe, and make not mistake about it: He wins in the end. There are no losers in Christ. Those who belong to Him WILL reign forever and ever.

And thus we have another key verse:

Revelation 19:11 LSB

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sits on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

Our God is a just God. He does not wage war like a tyrant. He does not kill the innocent. He does not plunder indiscriminately.

He is a just God, who wages war in perfect righteousness and justice for he is faithful and true.

He is a warrior God. Though there are many martyrs, not a single one escapes his eye. He avenges all the wrongs that have been done against his people.

Revelation 20:11–12 LSB

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sits upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. Then I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

The rider of the white horse will be seated on the great white throne. He will judge according what is right.

This is to encourage the downtrodden. List up the fallen. Strengthen the weak.

And the promise for those who persevere to the end:

Revelation 21:6–7 LSB

Then He said to me, “They are done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. “He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.

Revelation 22:17 LSB

And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wishes receive the water of life without cost.

This is the grand promise of the book of Revelation, this is the grand promise of the entire Bible.

Come! This eternal life is available to you! Come! The invitation stands open to you! Come!

If you have trusted in Christ, do not shrink back! Do not let the preassures of this world turn you away from truth!

Do not let the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life keep you from true riches!

Stay the course!

If you do not know Christ, Come! I think of Is 55:1

Isaiah 55:1 LSB

“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.

John surely had this passage in mind. Come! There is life abundant in Christ! Come! See what forgiveness and reconciliation tastes like, come!

See the beauty of the Savior! See the glories of the eternal creator! Come!

Come while you still can.

Outline/Structure:

I take Rev 1:19 to give us the broad strokes outline of the book itself:

Revelation 1:19 LSB

“Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

And thus the outline looks like this:

I. Things which you have seen (Rev 1:1-20)

II. The things which are (Rev 2:1-3:22)

III. The things which will take place (Rev 4:1-22:21)

A. The Glory of God (Rev 4-5)

B. The Judgment on Earth (Rev 6-18)

C. The Return of the King (Rev 19-20)

D. The Eternal Reign (Rev 21-22)

There is so much more that could be said about this book. I’ve provided you a handout that may help fill in some of the gaps and give you some things that I skipped over. I’ve given you that little booklet by John MacArthur, a jet tour of Revelation. If you read that before next week, you will be blessed. It doesn’t take long to read it. It’s an edited version of a sermon he delivered in 1982. But if you want a broad strokes no nonsense flyover the book, that’s it. Find the time to spend the 30 minutes to read it.