Relelation 6 3-21-2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelation 6

New International Version

The Seals

1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” ² I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

³ When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” ⁴ Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.

⁵ When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds^[a] of wheat for a day’s wages,^[b] and six pounds^[c] of barley for a day’s wages,^[d] and do not damage the oil and the wine!”

⁷ When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” ⁸ I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

⁹ When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. ¹⁰ They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” ¹¹ Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,^[e] were killed just as they had been.

¹² I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, ¹³ and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. ¹⁴ The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

¹⁵ Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶ They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us^[f] from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! ¹⁷ For the great day of their^[g] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

Footnotes

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Dr. J. Vernon McGee :: Outline for Revelation

OUTLINE:

I. The PERSON of Jesus Christ — Christ in glory, Chapter 1

A. Title of the Book, v. 1

B. Method of revelation, v. 2

C. Beatitude of Bible study, v. 3

D. Greetings from John the writer, and from Jesus Christ in heaven, vv. 4-8

E. The post-incarnate Christ in a glorified body, judging His church (the great High Priest in the Holy of Holies), vv. 9-18

F. Time division of the contents of the apocalypse, v. 19

G. Interpretation of the seven stars and seven lampstands, v. 20

II. The POSSESSION of Jesus Christ — the church in the world, Chapters 2, 3

A. Letter of Christ to the church in Ephesus, Chapter 2:1-7

B. Letter of Christ to the church in Smyrna, Chapter 2:8-11

C. Letter of Christ to the church in Pergamum, Chapter 2:12-17

D. Letter of Christ to the church in Thyatira, Chapter 2:18-29

E. Letter of Christ to the church in Sardis, Chapter 3:1-6

F. Letter of Christ to the church in Philadelphia, Chapter 3:7-13

G. Letter of Christ to the church in Laodicea, Chapter 3:14-22

III. The PROGRAM of Jesus Christ — the scene in heaven, Chapters 4 — 22

A. The church in heaven with Christ, Chapters 4, 5

…I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3)

1. Throne of God, Rev 4:1-3

2. Twenty-four elders, Rev 4:4, 5

3. Four living creatures, Rev 4:6-11

4. Book with seven seals, Rev 5:1-4

5. Christ: the Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Lamb that has been slain, Rev 5:5-10

6. A myriad of angels of heaven joins the song of praise and redemption, Rev 5:11, 12

7. Universal worship of the Savior and Sovereign of the universe, Rev 5:13, 14

B. The Great Tribulation in the world, Chapters 6 — 18

1. Opening of the seven-sealed book, Chapters 6 — 8:1

a. Opening of the first seal, Rev 6:1, 2

(Rider on a white horse)

b. Opening of the second seal, Rev 6:3, 4

(Rider on a red horse)

c. Opening of the third seal, Rev 6:5, 6

(Rider on a black horse)

d. Opening of the fourth seal, Rev 6:7, 8

(Rider on a pale horse)

e. Opening of the fifth seal, Rev 6:9-11

(Prayer of the martyred remnant)

f. Opening of the sixth seal, Rev 6:12-17

(The Day of Wrath has come — beginning of the last half of the Great Tribulation)

g. Interlude, Chapter 7

(1) Reason for the interlude between the 6th and 7th seals, vv. 1-3

(2) Remnant of Israel sealed, vv. 4-8

(3) Redeemed multitude of Gentiles, vv. 9-17

h. Opening of the seventh seal, Rev 8:1

(Introduction of seven trumpets)

2. Blowing of the seven trumpets, Chapters 8:2 — 11:19

a. Angel at the altar with censer of incense, Rev 8:2-6

b. First trumpet — trees burnt, Rev 8:7

c. Second trumpet — seas become blood, Rev 8:8, 9

d. Third trumpet — fresh water becomes bitter, Rev 8:10, 11

e. Fourth trumpet — sun, moon, stars smitten, Rev 8:12, 13

f. Fifth trumpet — fallen star and plague of locusts, Rev 9:1-12

g. Sixth trumpet — angels loosed at river Euphrates, Rev 9:13-21

h. Interlude between the sixth and seventh trumpets, Rev 10:1 — 11:14

(1) The strong angel with the little book, Rev 10:1-7

(2) John eats the little book, Rev 10:8-11

(3) Date for the ending of “the times of the Gentiles,” Rev 11:1, 2

(4) Duration of the prophesying of the two witnesses, Rev 11:3-12

(5) Doom of the second woe — great earthquake, Rev 11:13, 14

i. Seventh trumpet — end of Great Tribulation and opening of temple in heaven, Rev 11:15-19

3. Seven performers during the Great Tribulation, Chapters 12, 13

a. The woman — Israel, Rev 12:1, 2

b. The red dragon — Satan, Rev 12:3, 4

c. The child of the woman — Jesus Christ, Rev 12:5, 6

d. Michael, the archangel, wars with the dragon, Rev 12:7-12

e. The dragon persecutes the woman, Rev 12:13-16

f. Remnant of Israel, Rev 12:17

g. Wild beast out of the sea — a political power and a person, Rev 13:1-10

(1) Wild beast, description, vv. 1, 2

(2) Wild beast, death-dealing stroke, v. 3

(3) Wild beast, deity assumed, vv. 4, 5

(4) Wild beast, defying God, vv. 6-8

(5) Wild beast, defiance denied to anyone, vv. 9, 10

h. Wild beast out of the earth — a religious leader, Rev 13:11-18

(1) Wild beast, description, v. 11

(2) Wild beast, delegated authority, vv. 12-14

(3) Wild beast, delusion perpetrated on the world, vv. 15-17

(4) Wild beast, designation, v. 18

4. Looking to the end of the Great Tribulation, Chapter 14

a. Picture of the lamb with the 144,000, vv. 1-5

b. Proclamation of the everlasting gospel, vv. 6, 7

c. Pronouncement of judgment on Babylon, v. 8

d. Pronouncement of judgment on those who received mark of the beast, vv. 9-12

e. Praise for those who die in the Lord, v. 13

f. Preview of Armageddon, vv. 14-20

5. Pouring out of the seven mixing bowls of wrath, Chapters 15, 16

a. Preparation for final judgment of the Great Tribulation, Rev 15:1 — Rev 16:1

(1) Tribulation saints in heaven worship God because He is holy and just, Rev 15:1-4

(2) Temple of the tabernacle opened in heaven that seven angels, having seven golden bowls, might proceed forth, Rev 15:5 — Rev 16:1

b. Pouring out of the first bowl, Rev 16:2

c. Pouring out of the second bowl, Rev 16:3

d. Pouring out of the third bowl, Rev 16:4-7

e. Pouring out of the fourth bowl, Rev 16:8, 9

f. Pouring out of the fifth bowl, Rev 16:10, 11

g. Pouring out of the sixth bowl, Rev 16:12

h. Interlude: kings of inhabited earth proceed to Har-Magedon, Rev 16:13-16

i. Pouring out of the seventh bowl, Rev 16:17-21

6. The two Babylons judged, Chapters 17, 18

a. The apostate church in the Great Tribulation, Chapter 17

(1) Great harlot riding the wild beast, vv. 1-7

(2) Wild beast destroys the great harlot, vv. 8-18

b. Political and commercial Babylon judged, Chapter 18

(1) Announcement of fall of commercial and political Babylon, vv. 1-8

(2) Anguish in the world because of Babylon’s judgment, vv. 9-19

(3) Anticipation of joy in heaven because of judgment on Babylon, vv. 20-24

C. Marriage of the Lamb and return of Christ in judgment, Chapter 19

1. Four hallelujahs, vv. 1-6

2. Bride of the Lamb and marriage supper, vv. 7-10

3. Return of Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords, vv. 11-16

4. War of Armageddon, vv. 17, 18

5. Hell opened, vv. 19-21

D. Millennium, Chapter 20

1. Satan bound 1000 years, vv. 1-3

2. Saints of the Great Tribulation reign with Christ 1000 years, vv. 4-6

3. Satan loosed after 1000 years, vv. 7-9

4. Satan cast into lake of fire and brimstone, v. 10

5. Setting of Great White Throne where lost are judged and follow Satan into lake of fire and brimstone, vv. 11-15

E. Entrance into eternity; eternity unveiled, Chapters 21, 22

1. New heaven, new earth, New Jerusalem, Rev 21:1, 2

2. New era, Rev 21:3-8

3. New Jerusalem, description of the eternal abode of the bride, Rev 21:9-21

4. New relationship — God dwelling with man, Rev 21:22, 23

5. New center of the new creation, Rev 21:24-27

6. River of the water of life and tree of life, Rev 22:1-5

7. Promise of return of Christ, Rev 22:6-16

8. Final invitation and warning, Rev 22:17-19

9. Final promise and prayer, Rev 22:20, 21

 

 

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2 John

New International Version

¹ The elder,

To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth— ² because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:

³ Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.

⁴ It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. ⁵ And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. ⁶ And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

⁷ I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. ⁸ Watch out that you do not lose what we^[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. ⁹ Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. ¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. ¹¹ Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.

¹² I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

¹³ The children of your sister, who is chosen by God, send their greetings.

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Daniel 9

The Seventy “Sevens”

²⁰ While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill— ²¹ while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. ²² He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. ²³ As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:

²⁴ “Seventy ‘sevens’^[c] are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish^[d] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.^[e]

²⁵ “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One,^[f] the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. ²⁶ After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing.^[g] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. ²⁷ He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’^[h] In the middle of the ‘seven’^[i] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple^[j] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.^[k]”^[l]

 

 

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What are the seven weeks of Daniel 9?

The "seven weeks" mentioned in Daniel 9 refer to a period of time within a larger prophecy. According to the book of Daniel in the Bible, the prophet received a vision from God regarding the future of Israel and the coming of the Messiah.

In Daniel 9:24-27, there is a specific prophecy about a period of "seventy weeks" that is to take place before the Messiah comes. This period is broken down into three parts: seven weeks, sixty-two weeks, and one week.

The seven weeks, or 49 years, are believed by many scholars to refer to the time it took to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity. This period is mentioned in Nehemiah 2:1-8, where Nehemiah is granted permission by King Artaxerxes to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

The sixty-two weeks, or 434 years, are interpreted by some scholars to represent the time between the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem and the arrival of the Messiah, which is believed by Christians to be Jesus Christ.

The final "one week" of the prophecy is often interpreted as a period of seven years, during which time there will be significant tribulation and the final battle between good and evil before the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Overall, the "seventy weeks" prophecy in Daniel 9 is highly debated and there are various interpretations and theories about its meaning and fulfillment.

 

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