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*THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST*

*Nothing Can Separate Us From the Love of God (in Christ Jesus)*

*/Introduction: /*The book of Revelation is /“The revelation of Jesus Christ” /(1:1).

It was written by the apostle John while in exile on the island of Patmos, just off the coast of modern Turkey.

It was addressed to seven actual churches.

Revelation begins with letters from Christ himself to these churches, letters that include commendation, criticism, and comfort.

Then comes a long series of interrelated visions of judgment on the wicked, all in highly symbolic language.

The church is depicted under great distress, but is assured of the final triumph of Jesus as /“King of kings and Lord of lords” /(19:16), bringing to an end the rebellion of humanity and ushering in /“a new heaven and a new earth” /(21:1), where God himself will reign forever and ever (11:15).

John wrote about a.d.

95–96.

*Introduction Chapter 1 *

*Jesus Christ Reveals God’s Truth*

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*First Love Chapter 2:1-7 *

*Jesus Holds the Seven Stars and the Seven Golden Lampstands*

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*Faithful Chapter 2:8-11 *

*Jesus is the First and the Last in Death and in Life*

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*Hold Fast Chapter 2:12-17 *

*Jesus Possesses the Sharp Two-edged Sword*

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*Patient Endurance Chapter 2:18-29 *

*Jesus Has Eyes Like a Flame of Fire and Feet Like Polished Bronze*

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*Wake Up Chapter 3:1-6 April 2, 5*

*Jesus Possesses the Seven Spirits of God and the Seven Stars*

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*Open Door Chapter 3:7-13 April 9*

*Jesus is the True and Holy One who Controls Access to the Kingdom*

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*Neither Cold nor Hot Chapter 3:14-22 April 13*

*Jesus is the Faithful and True Last Word—the Beginning of Creation*

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*Conclusion Chapter 4 April 14*

*Jesus is Worthy of Glory and Honor and Power*

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*Prologue*

*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.

*Greeting to the Seven Churches*

*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.”

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*Vision of the Son of Man*

*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 wool, as white as 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.

Revelation 2:1-4:11 (ESV)

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of /e/him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, /f/who walks among the seven golden lampstands.

*2 */g/ “ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but /h/have tested those /i/who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.

*3 *I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up /j/for my name’s sake, and you /k/have not grown weary.

*4 *But I have this against you, that you have abandoned /l/the love you had at first.

*5 *Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do /m/the works you did at first.

If not, /n/I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

*6 *Yet this you have: you hate the works of /o/the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

*7 */p/He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

/q/To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of /r/the tree of life, which is in /s/the paradise of God.’

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*To the Church in Smyrna*

*8 *“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of /t/the first and the last, /u/who died and came to life.

*9 *“ ‘I know your tribulation and /v/your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander/1/ of /w/those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

*10 *Do not fear what you are about to suffer.

Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, /w/that you may be tested, and for /x/ten days /y/you will have tribulation.

/z/Be faithful /a/unto death, and I will give you /b/the crown of life.

*11 */c/He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

The one who conquers will not be hurt by /d/the second death.’

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*To the Church in Pergamum*

*12 *“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has /e/the sharp two-edged sword.

*13 *“ ‘I know where you dwell, /f/where Satan’s throne is.

Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not /g/deny my faith/2/ even in the days of Antipas /h/my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

*14 *But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of /i/Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might /j/eat food sacrificed to idols and /k/practice sexual immorality.

*15 *So also you have some who hold the teaching of /l/the Nicolaitans.

*16 *Therefore repent.

If not, /m/I will come to you soon and /n/war against them with /e/the sword of my mouth.

*17 */c/He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the one who conquers I will give some of /o/the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with /p/a new name written on the stone /q/that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

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*To the Church in Thyatira*

*18 *“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, /r/who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

*19 */s/ “ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.

*20 *But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman /t/Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants/3/ /u/to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

*21 *I gave her time to repent, but /v/she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

*22 *Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, *23 *and I will strike her children dead.

And all the churches will know that I am he /w/who searches mind and heart, and /x/I will give to each of you as your works deserve.

*24 *But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call /y/the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I /z/do not lay on you any other burden.

*25 *Only hold fast /a/what you have until I come.

*26 */b/The one who conquers and who keeps my works /c/until the end, /d/to him I will give authority over the nations, *27 *and /e/he will /f/rule them with a rod of iron, /g/as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.

*28 *And I will give him /h/the morning star.

*29 */t/He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

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*To the Church in Sardis*

*3 *“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him /i/who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“ ‘I know your works.

You have the reputation /j/of being alive, /k/but you are dead.

*2 *Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works /l/complete in the sight of my God.

*3 */m/Remember, then, what you received and heard.

Keep it, and repent.

If you will not wake up, /n/I will come /o/like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.