CONTENTS

Understanding Revelation

The seven major themes of Revelation

THEME 1:  Message to the seven churches

• The problem of Caesar worship for Christian believers
• "He who conquers . . ."
• A look at each of the seven ecclesias
• The promises to the seven ecclesias
• Conclusion

• The throne of God
• The Lamb
• Jesus takes the scroll
• The scroll and its seven seals

• Introduction
• A preview of what is to come
• The first six seals
• The great tribulation
• How do we know that Revelation is about the last days?
• The relevance of Revelation to believers of the past
• Events leading up to the time of great tribulation
• The Peace process
• God warned Israel not to make an agreement with her neighbours
• God's commands to Israel after occupying the land for fifty years
• Israel has turned away from God
• Return of the Jews to Israel only a partial fulfilment of prophecy
• Preparation for war with Israel in which Israel will be defeated
• Jerusalem will be at the centre of the coming war
• Israel will be taken into exile once more
• The rule of the beast
• The false prophet
• The work of the first beast
• The length of time the beast will rule
• The beast will be a man
• "Five kings have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come"
• Persecution of the saints during the great tribulation
• The beast will still be ruling, even after Jesus' return
• The woman, the man child and the dragon (Revelation 12)
• The woman (harlot) and the beast (Revelation 17)
• The ten kings are Arab kings
• Who is the woman?
• Who is the beast?
• The beast will come from the old Roman Empire
• The beast and the Roman Catholic Church
• Feet of iron and clay
• The beast to be sympathetic to, or part of, Islam
• All elements of Nebuchadnezzar's image will be re- assembled
• A summary
• The two witnesses (Revelation 11)
• Who are the witnesses and what is their purpose?
• A comparison with the Children of Israel in Egypt under Pharaoh
• Conclusion

• The return of Jesus
• An invitation by the angel of Jesus
• The saints with Jesus
• The bride and marriage supper of the Lamb

• Old Testament precedents: Noah and Lot
• Opening of the seventh seal
• Six of the seven angels blow their trumpets
• Three angels with three messages
• The message of the first angel
• The message of the second angel
• The message of the third angel
• The final phase of God's judgements on the earth
• The first six bowls of God's wrath
• The seventh bowl of God's wrath
• The beast makes war on the Lamb
• Jesus reveals himself to his brethren

• Mortals in the Kingdom
• The resurrected saints
• The role of the saints as priests
• New heavens, a new earth and a new Jerusalem
• New Jerusalem is the bride of Christ
• The tree of life
• The final battle against sin at the end of the millenium