Symbols
What does the number "7" represent throughout the Book of Revelation?
Completeness/ Perfection
Significance of number 7- stars, lampstands, churches addressed, etc.
7 considered sacred number in ancient world
We made a chart comparing revelation 4 and 5-> glory of ___ and glory of ___
Revelation 4 (God- worship and devotion,
Revelation 5 (Lamb- worship and glory)
Finish the Lyrics
"You are the one true ___"
"God"
Revelation 4:11 NIV
You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being
What is often used as a symbol of God's judgement?
Darkness
In gematria, who does the number "666" represent? Why were they significant?
Nero Caesar
First persecutor of Christians
How many times is Jesus called the lamb in the Book of Revelation?
28 times
In class, we compared chapter 16’s bowl plagues to what?
Plagues of Exodus
Finish the Lyrics
“His eyes like fire, hair like ___”
Wool
Revelation 1:14 NIV-> "The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire."
In the midst of the chaos, what in the Book of Revelation continuously gives us hope by symbolizing God's reign and power
The Throne Room
Who was the emperor at the time the book of revelation was written and claimed to be the embodiment of Apollo
Domitian
In chapter 14, what does Mt. Zion represent?
Presence of God
There are 5 references to the Book of Life in the Book of Revelation. If your name is NOT in the Book of Life, where will you be thrown into?
Lake of Fire
Revelation 20:15-> Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Finish the Lyrics
“To go to the altar, And die as the ___”
"Lamb"
Revelation 5:6 NIV
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne...
in the Book of Revelation, how many times does God directly speak, what does He identify Himself as, and what does it mean?
2 times-> 1:8 and 21:5-8
Alpha and the Omega
Beginning and the End
In Hebrew, the king of the locusts is named...
Abaddon
Light represents what in the movie Harry Potter prisoner of Azkaban?
Divine truth and hope
Compare how these themes from revelation 7 and 8 were used->
Blood, Heat, Water, Sun
Judgement vs. Redemption
-Blood
7:14- redeemed washed in the blood of the lamb
Chapter 8- sea is blood stained because of God’s judgement
-Heat
7:16- followers of the lamb are promised future where they will not suffer from scorching of the heat
8:7-10- unfaithful threatened by fire from heaven
-Water
7:17- Lamb will guide people to the springs of the water of life
Chapter 8- Unfaithful will be struck by bitter and deadly water
-Sun
Chapter 7-> Followers of the lamb will be protected from the sun
8:12-> Sun itself will be struck and kept from shining
Finish the Lyrics
"You rescued me, You set me ___"
"Free"
Revelation 1:5-6
"and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen."
Explain John's use of hymns
Hymns serve as functions of resistance
Songs are protest songs of a persecuted and alienated minority who refused to accept the claims and values of a culture that diminishes their God
To sing these hymns in the first century is to subject oneself to punishment because to sing these hymns is to stand up to the lordship of rome
This name means destroyer...
Apollyon
What is "soteriology" and how is it used in the Book of Revelation?
How Jesus saves
Example- John is sharing His soteriology - sharing how Jesus saves us
According to John’s soteriology, people were ransomed by the sacrifice for the slaughtered lamb
Give at least 5 components of the format of how John addressed the 7 churches in Revelation 2:1-7
Component 1: Identification of recipient (2:1)
2: identification of sender (2:1)
3: words of condemnation or praise (2:2-3)
4: admonitions or criticisms (2:4)
5: exhortation to faithfulness (2:5)
6: appeal to listen (2:7)
7: promise that the One who is Faithful will conquer (2:7)
Finish the Lyrics
“So light the lamps, prepare the ___”
Way
Recalls the seven churches represented by the lampstands in Revelation chapter 1
What were chapter 8's trumpets 1-4 compared to?
What did they represent?
Exodus' Plagues
-Trumpet 1-> 7th plague in exodus chapter 9 represents hail and thunder
-Trumpet 2-> 1st plague in exodus chapter 7 turns nile river’s water into blood
-Trumpet 3-> Also recalls first plague in exodus chapter 7-> drink of bloody water, you’ll die
-Trumpet 4-> Recalls 9th plague in exodus chapter 10-> God strikes land with darkness
What did the 4 horses represent in the first 4 seals?
White, Red, Black, Pale Green
1st seal- white horse- conquest
2nd seal- red horse- violence
3rd seal- black horse- hardship
4th seal- pale green horse- death