1. STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans…
… take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]!
Have the attitude of the Bereans…

2. UNCOVERING the uncovered
A Study of
the Revelation of
Jesus Christ

3. UNCOVERING the uncovered
Part Two:
Chapter One – An OVERVIEW

4. 2 Timothy 3:16
2 Peter 1:20-21

5. HOLY SPIRIT The BIBLE is a SPIRITUAL Book
written by GOD, a SPIRITUAL Being
given by GOD the
HOLY SPIRIT
to SPIRITUAL PEOPLE!

6. UNCOVERING the uncovered
SOURCE of the REVELATION

7. The SOURCE of the REVELATION
[1a] “The REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST,
which GOD GAVE HIM…”
… GOD HIMSELF is THE SOURCE of the REVELATION!

8. The RECIPIENTS of the REVELATION
[1b] “… TO SHOW to HIS SLAVES… [1d] … and HE SENT and COMMUNICATED IT by His ANGEL [MESSENGER] to His SLAVE John,

9. The PATH of The Revelation
From GOD
to JESUS,
Who sent it
by an ANGEL-MESSENGER
to JOHN,
who COMMUNICATED it to the ‘SLAVES’ of Jesus

10. The TIMING of FULFILLMENTS
[1:1c] “… the things which MUST SHORTLY take place”
MUST [G1163] – NECESSARY to TAKE PLACE!
SHORTLY [G5034] – IN QUICKNESS”
An UNDEFINED DURATION of TIME!
– NECESSARY to TAKE PLACE! – two words, “IN QUICKNESS”

11. The TIMING of FULFILLMENTS
[1:19] “Write therefore the things WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN… … and the things WHICH ARE… … and the things WHICH SHALL TAKE PLACE AFTER these things.

12. Revelation 4:1
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,

13. Revelation 4:1
“COME UP HERE, and I WILL SHOW you what MUST TAKE PLACE AFTER THESE THINGS.”

14. A SPECIAL Message for SPECIAL TIMES!
[2] who BORE WITNESS [TESTIFIED] to the WORD of God and to the TESTIMONY [WITNESS] of Jesus Christ, (even) to ALL that he SAW.

15. The 1st BLESSING of the Letter
[3] BLESSED is the ONE READING and the ONES HEARING the WORDS of THIS PROPHECY, and KEEPING the THINGS WRITTEN IN IT; for the time is near.

16. The Salutations from the Senders
[4] John to the SEVEN CONGREGATIONS that are IN ASIA:
Grace to you and peace, from HIM WHO IS and WHO WAS and WHO IS TO COME;…

17. The Salutations from the Senders
[4] … and from the SEVEN SPIRITS who are before His throne;

18. Revelation 1:5
and from JESUS CHRIST, the FAITHFUL WITNESS, the FIRST-BORN of the DEAD, and the RULER of the kings of the earth.

19. Revelation 1:5
To Him Who LOVES us, and RELEASED us from our SINS by HIS BLOOD,

20. Revelation 1:6 PRIESTS to His God and Father;
and HE HAS MADE US us to be
a KINGDOM,
PRIESTS to His God and Father;
to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

21. Revelation 1:7
BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and EVERY EYE will see Him, EVEN those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Even so. Amen.

22. Revelation 1:8 “I AM the ALPHA and the OMEGA,” says the Lord God,
“Who IS and Who WAS and Who IS to COME, the Almighty.”

23. Revelation 1:9
I, John, your BROTHER and FELLOW PARTAKER in the TRIBULATION and KINGDOM and PERSEVERANCE (which are) in Jesus…

24. Revelation 1:9 because of the WORD of God and the TESTIMONY of Jesus.
… was on the island called Patmos,
because of the WORD of God and the TESTIMONY of Jesus.

25. Revelation 1:10
I was in (the) spirit in the LORD’S DAY, and I heard behind me a GREAT SOUND like of a trumpet,

26. Revelation 1:11
saying, “WRITE IN a BOOK WHAT YOU SEE, and send it to the seven congregations:
to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

27. Revelation 1:12-16 GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS;
[12] And I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me.
And having turned I saw
SEVEN
GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS;

28. Revelation 1:12-16
[13] and in the middle of the lampstands one like a son of man,
clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His breast with a golden girdle.

29. Revelation 1:12-16
[14] And His head and His hair were white like white wool,
like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire;

30. Revelation 1:12-16
[15] and His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has
been caused to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.

31. Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary
Verse 13…
Clothed in a ROBE –
A ROYAL garment
The GOLDEN GIRDLE [sash, belt] –
the girdle [sash, belt] of TRUTH [Eph 6:14]

32. Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary
Verse 14…
WHITE HEAD and HAIR –
SINLESS PURITY and EXCELLENT MAJESTY [Is 1:18]

33. Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary
Verse 14…
Eyes life FLAMING FIRE –
An apocalyptic designation of DIVINE OMNISCIENCE,
that has PENETRATING DISCERNMENT of all things

34. Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary
Verse 15…
Feet like BURNISHED BRONZE –
the emblem of UNTARNISHED and PURE TRUTH
The voice like MANY WATERS –
Descriptive of MAJESTY and AUTHORITY

35. Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary
Verse 16… SEVEN STARS in Jesus’ right hand – The ANGELS of the seven congregations [Rev 1:20]

36. Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary
Verse 16…
The SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD –
RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT and DIVINE JUSTICE
Based upon the WORD of God [Heb 4:12]

37. Revelation 1:12-16 – A Summary
Verse 16… His FACE SHINING as the SUN – He IS the LIGHT of world [Jn 8:12]

38. I AM the FIRST and the LAST,”
Revelation 1:17
And when I saw Him, I FELL at His FEET as a DEAD MAN. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying, “D
“Do not be afraid;
I AM the FIRST and the LAST,”

39. Revelation 1:18 “and the LIVING ONE; and I WAS DEAD;
and BEHOLD, I AM ALIVE FOREVERMORE, and I have the KEYS of DEATH and of HADES.”

40. and the things WHICH ARE,
Revelation 1:19
“WRITE therefore the things
WHICH you HAVE SEEN,
and the things WHICH ARE,
and the things WHICH SHALL TAKE PLACE AFTER THESE things.”

41. Revelation 1:20
“As for the MYSTERY of the SEVEN STARS which you saw in My right hand, and the SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS: …”

42. Revelation 1:20
“… the SEVEN STARS are the ANGLES of the seven churches, and the SEVEN LAMPSTANDS
are the ANGELS of the seven congregations, are the SEVEN CONGREGATIONS.”

43. PERSONAL
Make the BLESSINGS