THEME: God Fulfills His Sovereign Purposes in Christ
Background Info:
1. Author: John (the Apostle)
2. Date: 96 AD
3. Audience: Seven Gentile churches scattered throughout Asia
4. Place: The Island of Patmos where John had been banished
5. Central Theme/Purpose: John writes to reveal the
culmination of God’s sovereign program and thus to instill
hope in the heart of the believer.
OUTLINE:
1. The picture of the exalted Christ - 1
2. Seven messages to 7 Churches - 2-3
3. The Tribulation - 4-18
4. The Return of Christ - 19
5. The 1000 year earthly Kingdom - 20
6. The Eternal State: heaven or hell - 21-22