Handout for Revelation 34    

                                                                                Structure of Revelation

  

 

 

                Comment                         Chapter                       Content.

                                               

                One like the Son of                1                               Revelation from Father to Jesus to us. 

                Man – glorified                                                        v 19 sums up the rest of Revelation:-   

                                                               “has seen”            Rev 1

                                 “which are”          Rev 2 & 3

                                 “which shall be”   Rev 4 to the end.

 

                Present (& future)               2 & 3                          Letters to 7 churches.

        

                                                                                             Throne room of God – very inadequate

                                                              4                             description of power, authority,

                Sets the scene in                                                   glory, omniscience – worthy of worship.

                heaven 

                                                              5                              Lamb takes the scroll.

 

                Chronology                            6                             Seals 1 to 6.

 

                [In Parenthesis]                      7                             144,000 Tribulation saints sealed.      

                                                                                             Evangelism in Tribulation.

 

                Chronology                            8                             Seal 7 divided into 7 trumpets.   

                                                                                 Trumpets 1 to 4.

 

                Chronology                            9                             Trumpet 5 (including first woe).

                                 Trumpet 6 (including second woe).

 

                [In Parenthesis]             10 & 11:1-12                    2 witnesses in Jerusalem.

 

                [In Parenthesis]                 11:13-19                       2nd woe of  6th trumpet.  7th trumpet

                       sounded.  Effect in Heaven..                                 

 

                   

                                                                    Mid Tribulation Lull

 

 

                [In Parenthesis]                  12 – 14                      Satan’s attempt to exterminate Jews. 

                                                                                            Satan cast out of heaven.

                                                                                            Antichrist becomes world leader and persecutes

                                                                                            believers

                    All others worship him.

                                                                                            False prophet, mark of the Beast. 

                                                                                            Jesus beats the Beast

 

                                                                  2nd Half of the Tribulation

 

 

                Chronology                           15                            7th trumpet divided into 7 bowls.

 

                Chronology                           16                            Bowls 1 – 7

 

                [In Parenthesis]                   17-18                        Mystery Babylon

                                                                                            Religious system & political system

                                                                                            overthrown.

 

                Chronology                           19                           Joy in Heaven – invitations to marriage    

                                                                                            supper of the Lamb

                                                                                            Jesus returns with army of angels and

                                                                                            saints (who died or were raptured).

                                                                                            Armageddon

                                                        Antichrist & False Prophet thrown into the                                       

                                                        Lake of Fire

                                                                                            All other unbelievers are killed & birds eat

                                                                                            their flesh

 

                Chronology                           20                            Angel throws Satan into abyss. 

                                                                                            Christ’s reign of 1,000 years on earth

                                ( 1st  Resurrection)

                                                                                            Satan released.  Gog & Magog rebellion.  

                                                                                            Satan defeated & cast into the Lake of Fire.

                                Great White Throne Judgement. 

                                All unbelievers into Lake of Fire          

                    (2nd Resurrection)

 

                Chronology                           21-22                       Eternal State.

                                                                                             The New Jerusalem.

                                                                                             The River of Life.