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BIL102BIL102Workshop 5Workshop 5

Glenn JohnsonGlenn Johnson


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Then I saw a new heaven and a new Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea earth had disappeared. And the sea

was also gone. was also gone. And I saw the holy city, the new And I saw the holy city, the new

Jerusalem, coming down from God out Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a beautiful bride of heaven like a beautiful bride

prepared for her husband.prepared for her husband.I heard a loud shout from the throne, I heard a loud shout from the throne,

saying, "Look, the home of God is now saying, "Look, the home of God is now among his people! He will live with among his people! He will live with

them, and they will be his people. God them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. himself will be with them.

He will remove all of their sorrows, and He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and or crying or pain. For the old world and

its evils are gone forever.“its evils are gone forever.“Revelation 21:1-4Revelation 21:1-4


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DISCUSSION ZONEDISCUSSION ZONERevelation: A Hopeful and Revelation: A Hopeful and Saving Message for Today Saving Message for Today

(If We Can Get Past the (If We Can Get Past the Gobbledygook)Gobbledygook)

-There is need for its message of hope in a lost world-There is need for its message of hope in a lost world

a)a)What are the barriers to understanding Revelation?What are the barriers to understanding Revelation?b)b)What verse most clearly defines its message of hopeWhat verse most clearly defines its message of hope

c)c) Discuss as classDiscuss as class

Revelation Revelation Gobbledygook: Gobbledygook: Getting Past the Getting Past the

GoofinessGoofinessEND TIME PREDICTIONS THAT WEREN’T….

99 ADPope Sylvester



March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844

William Miller, 7th Day Adventist



1982Pat Robertson



1988Edgar C. Whisenant



October 28, 1992Lee Jang Rim



September 15-27, 1994Harold Camping



March 19, 1997Marshall Applewhite



November 5, 1999“Temple” Group and

“House of Prayer” Group Deported



November 19, 1999Christian Sect In Philippines



Anything Positive From These Events?Anything Negative?

How Should This Affect Our Study of The Bible In General and Our View of Prophecy?

Understanding Understanding RevelationRevelation

“LOST” BOOK OF NT CANON

FEAR; GLOOM & DOOM

Understanding Understanding RevelationRevelationHOLLYWOOD…..


NEED: Sound and Sane Teaching

MESSAGE: Timeless One of Hope


HISTORICAL SETTINGPatmos

Domitian 81-96 AD

An Organized Attempt to Abolish Christianity

Understanding RevelationUnderstanding Revelation

Type of LiteratureAPOCALYPSE: from apokalupsis “to uncover or

reveal”

ORIGIN: From Jews When They Came Into Contact With Persian Religion in the Exile and After

CHARACTERISTICS:1. Two Ages2. Dualism3. Visions

4. Messiah Figures5. Symbols, Numbers, Animals, Colors, Theological

Geography

Understanding RevelationUnderstanding RevelationTHEOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY

• THE SEA: symbolizes evil or hostile forces.

• THE ABYSS: home of the evil spirits, fallen angels and the point of origin for plagues and monster-beasts (Rev. 9:1)

• THE MOUNTAIN: the site of visions and revelations (Rev. 21:10)

• THE NEW JERUSALEM: the center of hope and promises for God's people (Rev. 21:10)

• THE TEMPLE: the dwelling place of God and the center of action for many of the visions in Revelation (Rev. 11:1)

• THE LAKE OF FIRE: sometimes called the second death and the final dwelling place of evil. Gehenna, or, hell, is never used in Revelation (Rev. 20:15)

• 7. THE THRONE OF GOD: the site of holiness and expresses the presence of God. Appears in 17 chapters in Revelation (Rev. 4:2)

• 8. BABYLON: a code name for Rome or the enemy (Rev. 18:2)

Understanding RevelationUnderstanding RevelationCODES IN REVELATION

A. COLOR CODES1. Pale Green: death2. Dark Green: life3. White: purity or

conquering4. Red: war

5. Black: famine6. Gold: worth or value

7. Bronze: strength8. Scarlet: Immorality

B. NUMBER CODES 7= divine

6=evil or imperfection 5=penalty

4=world 2=witnessing 1=unity

10=completeness12=wholeness

144,000 (12x12)= whole people of God Fractions=

incompleteness

C. ANIMAL CODES1. LAMB WITH SEVEN

HORNS AND EYES= Jesus

2. FROG= most evil creature in Revelation

(6:13)3. EAGLE= brings bad

news 4. MONSTER-BEASTS=

bits and parts of wild animals to represent

extremely evil persons as Caesar or Satan

5. LION=wild animals6. OX= domesticated

animals

Understanding RevelationUnderstanding RevelationTIME IN REVELATION

MIXTURE OF GREEK and HEBREW

GREEK= CYCLE

HEBREW= STRAIGHT LINE

RESULT: Spiraling Effect


DRAMA IN REVELATION

Makes It Stand Out

EPHESIAN THEATER: 25,000


OTHER INTERESTING TIDBITS….

30 HYMNS IN REVELATION

7 BEATITUDES…remember, “Blessed are the Meek?”PLEDGE

“I Pledge….To never, ever refer to the book of

Revelation……As ‘RevelationS’

I pledge to correct anyone who says ‘Revelations’….whether in conversation, in

Sunday School or a pastor in a sermon”


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MORE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES

Variety of Interpretations

PreteristHistoricistFuturistIdealist



Variety of MILLENNIAL VIEWS

PremillennialPostmillennial

Amillennial



•The number seven appears 52 times in Revelation.

•Depending on your view of the book, the final judgment of God may be presented numerous times throughout the book (Rev. 6:12-17; 7:9-17; 11:15-19; 14:14-20; 16:17-21; 19:11-21; 20:11-

21:8).

•The primary focus in Revelation is on the future in so much as that knowledge helps the believer

live obediently in the present.

•Notable for its simplicity (in spite of what most people think). John promised a blessing to the one

who reads and those who hear and obey the prophecy (1:3). The picture is obviously one of the church at worship with a designated reader. John

apparently thought that this book could be understood simply by listening to it being read. It takes about an hour and a half to read the book

aloud.

DISCUSSION ZONE: DISCUSSION ZONE: My Life’s Purpose in My Life’s Purpose in Light of Revelation Light of Revelation and The Rest of the and The Rest of the

NTNT

•ALONE: Skim sections of the NT, James and Revelation to come up with one particular passage that impacted

you and helps you see your life’s purpose more clearly

•GROUP: Identify the verse that most speaks to your life’s purpose and

share (not all will share in the group)•AS CLASS: Each will discuss your

findings…..what made this exercise difficult?


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Revelation Fun Revelation Fun FactoidizationsFactoidizations

The Southern Baptist Convention has never had Revelation as a topic for

it’s January Bible Study in 60 years.


Greek Orthodox Church: does not accept Revelation


Columns In Parthenon and Ephesian stage acoustics: have not been

duplicated in modern era


Same year they dug up Ephesian theater, they dug up a 16 foot tall

statue of Domitian with tunnels going into it

where Romans would speak through slits in the

statue to deceive poor people (“image is given

power to speak”)Domitian Temple


7 Acts of Revelation: contains themes of the

destroyed Jewish Temple


2 Cities, Laodicea and Philadelphia have not

been excavated


30% of NT took place in Turkey….almost no Xn

churches and only handful of Xns today


Ephesus: 500,000; Temple of Artemis; church of

about 30 people


Smyrna: mountain city of 250,000; crown of city…

looked like a crown on top of mountain; first city to build a temple to Rome;

strong city; had persecutions


Pergamum: 250,000; political influence; first

city to be zoned; 3 medical schools (Luke

may have trained there); temple of Zeus (throne of

Satan)


Thyatira: working persons town on open plain; no defenses; trade unions


SARDISCyrus took city as “thief in

the night”


Philadelphia: frontier town; destroyed by earthquake in 17 AD and inhabitants were still in

tents at John’s time


Laodicea: weakest city, banks, clothing, rich, eye medicine, no

good water supply….water came out of ground 95

degrees, by the time it got to city it was lukewarm….had

sulfur in it tooClay Aqueduct Believed From Laodicea


THRONE OF GOD: appears in every chapter except two


DOMITIAN TEMPLE…..

Tried To Ban Christianity and Begun Persecution of Christians


PROBLEMS in INTERPRETATION

WHAT WE’VE DONEWHAT WE’VE DONENew Testament Survey- BIL102

Background: Preparing the World for Christ-

centered living

The GospelsJesus of Nazareth, God’s Son, the focus of Christ-

centered living

ACTSThe spread of

Christ-centered living through mission of the

Church

REVELATIONObedience and hope of

Christ-centered

living

ROMANS/JUDEInstructions on

theory and practice of

Christ-centered living


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NOT SO FAMOUS LAST WORDS….


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Please give this guest a warm IWU welcome!

APPEARANCE?APPEARANCE?•“Lucifer” means “light bearer”•Classical mythology: •Hooves/tail=satyrs•Pitchfork=Pluto/Hades•Red color=violence/passion/blood/hellfire•Leathery wings=12th century reaction to feathery white angel wings•Chaucer (Canterbury Tales)=his devil was green colored•To distract from who I reallyam, I disguise myself

SATAN’S ORIGINSATAN’S ORIGIN

-Isaiah 14:12-15: Refer to: a) Satan? b) Sennacherib or Nebuchednezzar? c) both Satan AND some “great” human being?-Later, “Lucifer” (Latin) becomes name for Satan-NAME: comes from Hebrew, “the one who standsagainst”….originally “ha’ satan”….the article “ha’” dropped so “satan” became proper name….it wasn’t originally -Luke 10:18 and Revelation explain Satan being thrown from heaven with angels that followed him (Rev. 12:9)-I am a created being, made by God originally for good, and I went my own way and rebelled and now I wander this old world

-No one really knows for certain, created before humans and before the Fall-Some say I’m wicked, having been beautiful

GREATEST POWER?GREATEST POWER?

Angel of Light= to look so much like the real thing as to fool the elect

“Ape of God”

Make sin look harmless

Divide your minds/hearts and think each other is the enemy

To get you to believe the Lie: about God, yourself, your place in the created order…..believe the Lie, and I don’t have to do anything

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