A. Intro – Overview:

I. Prologue (1) - “Introduct – shun”

II. Letters to the Churches (2-3) “The church you can see”

III. Worship in Heaven (4-5) “Heaven Live”

IV. The Seal Judgments (6-7) “7 seals from heaven” Six - Seals

V. The Trumpet Judgments (8-11) “7 trumpets from heaven” eighT - Trumps

VI. The War on Israel (12-14) “War on Israel is mean”

VII. The Bowls (15-16) “Bowl judgment I-Scream”

VIII. The Fall of Babylon (17-18) “The Babylon Scene”

IX. The Final Victory (19-20) “Victory aplenty”

X. The New Heaven (21-22) “All things new”

XI. Epilogue (22) “Final words for you”

Words: God (95 times), earth (79 times), seven (55 times), angel (50 times), heaven (48 times)

Key verse: 1:3, 1:19

B. The Letters to the Churches (Assemblies)

ESPTSPL – “Every Single Person Take Some Prophecy Lessons”

Each letter to a church has the basic elements (not necessarily in order, and not necessarily always present):

A. Address

B. Description of Christ

C. Commendation (positive)

D. Condemnation

E. Exhortation

F. Promise

1. How does Jesus describe Himself? What characteristic is He emphasizing?

2. What positive things does Christ say about Thyatira?

3. What did Jesus have against those at Thyatira?

4. What did Jesus want those at Thyatira to do?

5. What was the reward for standing firm?