1. Eschatology, a Broad Perspective
From Genesis to Revelation
9/18/2016

2. Our Considerations Overview and The Old Testament The New Testament
Principle Views, Timeline, and Major Prophetic Events
Four Covenants and Seven Feasts
Daniel (Ch 2, 7-9, 11); Ezekiel 37-39
The New Testament
Gospels (Matthew 24-25, Mark 13, Luke 21)
The Great Apostasy (II Thess 2, II Tim 3, II Peter 3)
The Rapture (I Cor 15, I Thess 4, Revelation 4)
Christ with His Church in the Parable of the Wedding Feast
The Book of Revelation

3. Need to Catch Up?
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4. Need to Catch Up?
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5. When will the end come?
9/18/2016

6. Background Author – the apostle John
Date – AD, or shortly after Nero’s death 68 AD
Purpose – to reveal events to come beginning with the church age and extending to the eternal state
Interpretive models
Historicist – subjective application to history
Preterist – addresses the time of its writing
Futurist – dispensational view fits here
Idealist – symbolic, spiritual, poetic in nature
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7. A Synopsis of the Four Views
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8. A Synopsis of the Four Views
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9. A Synopsis of the Four Views
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10. The Structure of the Book
A Series of “Sevens”
Seven churches Ch 1 – 3:22
Seven seals Ch 4:1 – 8:5
Seven trumpets Ch 8:2 – 11:19
Seven histories Ch 12:1 – 14:20
Seven bowls Ch 15:1 – 16:21
Seven last things
Seven Messages of Judgement Ch 17:1 – 19:10
Seven Visions Ch 19:11 – 22:5
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11. The Structure of the Book
A Chronology
Vision of Christ in Glory Chapter 1
Messages to the Seven Churches Chapters 2-3
The Throne in Heaven Chapters 4-5
Seven seals, trumpets, and bowls * Chapters 6-16
Babylon’s fall and the Lamb’s victory Chapters 17-18
The Second Coming and the Destruction of the Antichrist Chapter 19
The Millennium and Great White Throne judgment Chapter 20
The new Jerusalem and the Eternal State Chapter 21-22
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12. The Structure of the Book
*As the great judgments of the seals, trumpets and bowls take place the text adds eleven visions of significance into the sequence including:
The throne and the twenty four elders Chapter 4
The sealing of the 144,000 Chapter 7
The angel and the little book Chapter 10
The two witnesses Chapter 11
The woman and the dragon Chapter 12
The beast from the sea Chapter 13
The beast from the earth Chapter 13
The lamb and the 144,000 Chapter 14
The reapers Chapter 14
Heaven Chapter 15
Armageddon Chapter 16
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13. Cross References
The book is full of references to Old Testament artifacts such as the tabernacle, the altar, and the ark; and people such as Balaam and Jezebel; and places such as Egypt, Sodom, Jerusalem, and Babylon. Of 404 verses 278 contain some form of Old Testament reference (Swete)
Verse 19 of chapter 1 is possibly the purpose statement for the book to show things having been seen, things that are, and things that will be
Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. (Revelation 1:19)
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14. The Next Several Weeks
Sep 25 John’s Vision of Christ Jim Oct 2 The Letters to the Churches, Ephesus Chris Oct 9 IBC Band (No Morning Song) Oct 16 Smyrna Chris Oct 23 Pergamum Jim Oct 30 Thyatira Jon Nov 6 IBC Band (No Morning Song) Nov 13 Sardis Jim Nov 20 Philadelphia Clint

15. See you NEXT week!

16. 1/2/2019

17. When will the end come?