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Revelation SeminarWorksheet 5

“______________________________. . .”

PurposeRevelation 1:9

I, John, am your brother and your partner in __________ and in God's Kingdom and in the

patient endurance to which ______________. I was _______ to the island of Patmos for __________ the ____________and for my testimony ____________.

New Living Translation

KeysFor a Biblical

Explanation of Revelation

ContextThe parts of a __________ that _________ a word or passage and can ____________on its ________. ______________ that _____ the

setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be ______ understood and

_________.

_____ Key

Gen 35:16-19Reading the Bible in _______ means, _____ of

all you consider the verses ______the verse you’re studying, as well as the verses _____ it. You’ll want to look at the context of an ______ _______ or maybe the ______ ____, as we’re

doing with Revelation.

Literary Context

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Gen 35:16-1916 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

17 And it came to pass, when she was in __________, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not;

thou shalt have this son also.

Literary Context

_____ Key

18 And it came to pass, as ___ ____ was in _________, (___ ___ ____) that she called his

name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

19 And ______ ____, and was ______ in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

KJV

Literary Context

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The Bible, written over a span of more than ______ years

Historical ContextThe _________ context

_____ KeyHistorical Context

First KeyLiterary Context

Second KeyHistorical Context

DifferencesThe historical context aids our ___________,

especially when things seem opposite. Sometimes a basic understanding of the historical context simply provides ______

understanding and appreciation of the message in the Bible—a message that we can

then _____ to our _______ _________.

______ Keys

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______ within a text of Scripture sometimes are _________ with ________ and at other times are just ____________. So we’ll want to be on the lookout for the __________—the ones _______ with ______ insights and meaning. Sometimes these are ________, and sometimes they _______.

Key words

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Revelation 1:1

“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel

to his servant John.”

Key words

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“Revelation”“To Reveal”

Taking off the lid reveals what’s inside.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ!

Key words

_____ KeyKey words

“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to _____ unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass, and he _____and __________ it by his angel unto his servant John.”

to show by a ________ or _______.

_____ KeyKey words

CodifyCrypticmysteriousPuzzlingObscureAmbiguousSecretHidden

Decoder____________ ___________ __________

_____ KeyKey wordsPassword

A password, ___________________passcode, is a _________________, typically a string of

characters, used to ________ the _________ of a user. The secret is memorized by a party called the

_________ while the party ________ the identity of the claimant is called the _________.

_____ KeyKey wordsPassword

When the claimant _____________ _____________ knowledge of the password to the verifier through an established _____________ _________, the verifier can ______ the claimant’s identity.

_____ KeyKey words

John tells the readers that he is going to ______Jesus to them in ________.

Rev. 1:9Preaching _______, put he and the believers in _________ with the Roman Empire. Taken from his parish at Ephesus and placed on the island of Patmos, John had to find a way to ____ the ________ from the island of Patmos back to the _________.

_____ KeyKey words

Where did John come up with the symbols he chose? Rev 1:1

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which _____________ Him to show His servants —things which must shortly take place. And ___

_____ and signified it by His angel to His servant John,

NKJV

_____ KeyKey wordsSummary Quiz

what comes before and what comes after the verse we’re studying. ______________.includes the cultural elements that might have been different from what we take for granted.__________.“revelation” and “signify” or “symbolize.”__________.

_____ KeyCompare With Other Scripture

The ______ is the _________ Word of God, it is the way ___ __________ books of the Bible ______ together. ________ by some ___different ________ over a span of more than _____ years, it continues to be the Word of God.Sometimes one verse or passage will ___________

another one.


Sometimes one verse or passage will ___________another one.

The Trinity(God the _______, God the ____, and God the

_____ _______) can be found right in Revelation 1.


Revelation 1:4,5 Seven Spirits

Rev 4:55 And from the throne proceeded lightnings,

thunderings, and voices. ___________________were burning before the throne, which are the ______________of God.

NKJV


Seven Spirits Zech 4:6

6 So he answered and said to me:"This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:

_____________nor by ______, but by _________,'Says the Lord of hosts.

NKJV


Seven Spirits Acts 1:7,8

7 And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8

But you ____________________when the ____________has come ________; and you shall be _________ to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and

Samaria, and to the _______________." NKJV

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1. Literary Context2. Historical/Cultural Context3. Key Words4. Compare With Other Scripture5. ______________________________

_____ KeyLooking for Old Testament Roots

Origins; Ancestries; Heritages; Pedigrees; Families; Sources;

Starting place; Births;;

Roots


As you’ve read different parts of the ___ _________, you’ve probably come across various __________ from the

___ _________.


Book of _______ it almost seems he’s going out of his way to quote all kinds of ___ _________ references.

Matt 1:22-2322 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was

spoken by the Lord through the _______, saying: 23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is __________,

“___ ____ __." (_______) NKJV


Matt 2:3-53 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled,

and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the _____ _______ and _______ of the

people together, he inquired of them where the ______ was to be ____.

5 So they said to him, "In _________ of Judea, for thus it is _______ by the _______:

NKJV


Matt 2:6

6 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;

For out of you shall come a RulerWho will shepherd My people Israel.'"

NKJV (________)


Matt 2:16-1816 Then Herod, when he saw that he was ________by the ____ ___, was exceedingly angry; and he sent

forth and put to _____ ___ the ____ _______ who were in _________ and in all its districts, from ___

_____ ___ and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. 17 Then was _________ what was ______ by ________ the

prophet, saying:


Matt 2:1818 "A voice was heard in Ramah,

Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning,Rachel weeping for her children,

Refusing to be comforted,Because they are no more."

NKJV (__________)


In ______ Jesus responded to the devil’s temptations by _______ from ___________.

____________he read from ______ and then told the listeners that he was the ___________ of the passage he

read. (__________)


Matthew 21:16When Jesus ________ the ______ shortly before his

crucifixion, the religious leaders told him to _______ the ________ ________. Jesus responded “Have you _____

____, ‘From the ____ __ ________ and _______ you have ________ ______.

(TNIV), (__________)


Matthew 5:17During the ______ __ ___ _____, “I did not come to

abolish the law of Moses or the _______ __ ___ ________. No, I came to __________ _____ _______

(TNIV),


___ _________ references found in the ___ _________ were not just found in the Gospels; ____

also quoted its sentiment as well.

Romans 1:17“The ____ shall live by _____,”

(________)


Romans 3:10 Paul explains that both ____ and ________ are

______ before ____ and in need of _____ ____ __ _________. Paul says, “There is ____ _________, no,

not one; there is none who ___________; There is none who _____ _____ ___.”

(___________)


How many Old Testament references do you think are found in Revelation?

________ ________’ estimate that there are about ___ ______ Old Testament quotations in the New

Testament and over _________ __ _________: _____, and ___________.


Cambridge New Testament Scholar Henry Barclay Swete

There are about ___ O.T. __________ in Revelation.

New Testament scholar Dr. Jon Paulien,Dr. Ranko Stefanovic: his own commentary on Revelation.

Old Testament scholar Dr.Jacques DoukhanThere are more than _____ Old Testament _____ in the

Book of Revelation


That raises the question, Can we really understand the Book of Revelation if we don’t have a ___________

_____________ of the ___ _________? Without the Old Testament, ___________ the Book of Revelation is like

touring the Grand Canyon by helicopter guided by a _____who is _____!


What is the ____ for the _______ that John used?

John’s readers would quickly make the ___________ with the ______ _____ of their day, but the ______ ________ make those

same connections.


Daniel 10:5,6 & Rev. 1:13-16 Rev. 1 Dan. 10a son man a mandressed in a robe dressed in linengolden sash around chest belt of fine gold Uphaz waisteyes blazing fire eyes like flaming torchesfeet were like bronze arms and legs of bronzevoice sound rushing waters voice sound multitude


John on the island of Patmos saw the same person in his vision that Daniel had seen 700

years before in Babylon


Revelation 1:4,5 “John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the

seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.”

(TNIV)


Revelation 1:4,5 Him who is and Who was and Who is to come,

Ex 3:11,1411 But Moses said to God,"Who am I that I should go to

Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?" 14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel,’

I AM has sent me to you. NKJV



Rev 5:66 So I looked, and there, surrounded by Throne,

Animals, and Elders, was a Lamb, slaughtered but standing tall. ____________he had, and

___________, the ______________of God sent into all the earth. THE MESSAGE



Isa 11:22 The Spirit of the _____ shall rest upon Him,The Spirit of _______ and ______________,

The Spirit of _______ and ______,The Spirit of _________ and of the ____ of the Lord.

NKJV


Revelation 1:12,13 John reports seeing _____ ____________ and one

like the ___ __ ___ _______ among the ____________. Can you think of any Old Testament _____ for candlesticks The _________ Moses built

had a ______-______ _________

Exodus 25:31


And what did the candlestick symbolize in the Old Testament?

________________John sees Jesus walking among the candlesticks,

which he says are now the ______ ________.


Revelation 14:7

“_______ ___ who made ______ and _____, the sea and the fountains of waters.”

Instead of looking _______, we’ll first of all look ____ to the ___ _________ _____. When we understand that, we have a better idea of what to look for in the present and

the future.


Gen 1:11 In the beginning God created the heavens and the

earth.Gen 1:9-10

9 Then God said,"Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land

Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.


Gen 2:1-22 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of

them, were finished. Gen 2:4

4 This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the

earth and the heavens,NKJV

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