Letters to 7 Churches Vision 2 Christ in Heaven 1 After these things I looked and behold a door standing open in heaven and the first voice which I had heard like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me said Come up here and I will show you what must take place after these things ID: 750370
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John's Visions
8Slide2
Vision 1
Letters to 7 ChurchesSlide3
Vision 2
Christ in HeavenSlide4
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After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."
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Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.
- Revelation 4:1-2Slide5
Apocalyptic Literature
Action played out in Heavenly scenes
Chapter 4 Symbols:
Jewels
- beauty, value
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Elders
- angels, leaders in Heavenly places
Crowns
- dignity, honorSlide6
Chapter 4 Symbols
Lightening
–
sudden display of power Crystal
sea
–
salvation
4 creatures
Ox
- service
Lion
- strength
Eagle
- swiftness
Man
- intelligenceSlide7
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I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.
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And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?"
- Revelation 5:1-2Slide8
3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it
.
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Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it; 5
and one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals."
- Revelation 5:3-5Slide9
And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
- Revelation 5:6Slide10
7 And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
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When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Revelation 5:7-8Slide11
9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
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"You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth."
- Revelation 5:9-10Slide12
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,
- Revelation 5:11Slide13
saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."
- Revelation 5:12Slide14
And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."
- Revelation 5:13Slide15
And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped.
-
Revelation
5:14Slide16
Chapter 5 Symbols
Scroll
–
Message 7 Seals
–
Security
Lion/Lamb
–
Dual nature
7
horns/eyes
–
strength/spirit
Harp
–
Praise
Incense
–
PrayerSlide17
1 Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come."
2
I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
- Revelation 6:1-2Slide18
3
When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come."
4
And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.
- Revelation 6:3-4Slide19
5
When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
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And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine."
- Revelation 6:5-6Slide20
7
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come."
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I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
- Revelation 6:7-8Slide21
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When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;
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and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
- Revelation 6:9-10Slide22
And
there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.
- Revelation 6:11Slide23
12 I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;
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and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.
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The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- Revelation
6:12-14Slide24
Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;
- Revelation
6:15Slide25
16 and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
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for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"
- Revelation
6:16-17Slide26
Chapter 6
Images presented as a parade
Parade
of God's arsenal of powerSlide27
Chapter 6 Symbols
Pale Horse
- Death and Hell
Souls
- Life
Natural
Phenomena
- Judgment of Nations
White Horse
- Victory crown
Red Horse
- Persecution
Sword
- Killing
Black Horse
- Death
Scale
- Economic choices, needsSlide28
Chapter 7
Break in action of opening
seals
Assurance
that Christians are
safe
Sealed
Part
of
KingdomSlide29
Symbols
Seal
- Ownership, protection, genuinenessSlide30
144,000
12
= organized religion
(12x12) 144
= all possibility
10
= perfect/mature
(10x10) 1000
= the
most perfect/mature
1000 x 144
= most
complete without
exceptionSlide31
Symbols
Palm Branches
- VictorySlide32
Chapters 8 to 11
Opening of 7th seal
Silence
in Heaven
7
trumpets will sound
Trumpets
1-4
= Calamities
Trumpets
5-6
= DecadenceSlide33
Chapter 10
Little Book
- John's prophecySlide34
Then the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land."
- Revelation 10:8Slide35
So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said to me, "Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey."
- Revelation
10:9Slide36
10 I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.
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And they said to me, "You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings."
- Revelation
10:10-11Slide37
Chapter 11
Measurement of Temple
= Safety of saintsSlide38
1 Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, "Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.
2
Leave
out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months.
- Revelation
11:1-2Slide39
Chapter 11
Two witnesses
= GospelSlide40
3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."
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These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
- Revelation
11:3-4Slide41
Chapter 11
3½
Years
= Pentecost - Destruction of RomeSlide42
Chapter 11
7th Seal
= Rejoicing & VictorySlide43
Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying…
- Revelation 11:15Slide44
Symbols – Chapter 9
Key
–
Authority
Courts
–
Affects of immorality
Abbadon
/
Appolyon
–
Satan
Euphrates
–
Northern border of Egypt
Troops
–
Barbarians invading RomeSlide45
Symbols – Chapter 10
Rainbow
–
Mercy
Measuring
Rod
–
Way to know truthSlide46
Summary Chapters 4 to 11
Revelation of God's
power
Protection
of saints through
persecution
Script
for Rome's fall
Church
will begin strong
Rome
will crush it
Rome
will be destroyed
Church
will survive and grow