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Revelation 1:19 “Write the
things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will
take place after this."
These are basically three divisions of the
Book of Revelation
1.
The things which you have seen …
a. The Vision
b. Revelation 1:11 saying, “I am the Alpha and
the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and
send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna,
to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
c. What you see …
2.
The things which are …
a. The Church
Age
b. Revelation 2&3
c. Revelation 2
i. 1 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says
He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the
seven golden lampstands:
ii. 2 “I know
your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are
evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have
found them liars;
d. To the
Angel of the Church
3.
And the things which will take place after this.
a. The Rapture
of the Church
b. The 7 Year Tribulation
Period
c. The End
d. The New Heaven and the New Earth
e. Revelation 4 – 22
f. Revelation 4: 1 ¶
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in
heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking
with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take
place after this.”
g. After these things
Should the Lord tarry and all things continue
without interruption, we will take three Wednesday nights, beginning tonight,
and get enjoy a brief overview of the Book of Revelation following these three
main divisions of John’s apocalyptic writings.
This evening we will focus on the first
division: The things which John had seen.
Revelation 1
1 ¶
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His
servants — things which must shortly take place. And He sent and
signified it by His angel to His servant John,
2 who
bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all
things that he saw.
3 ¶
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this
prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is
near.
4
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,
5 and from Jesus Christ, the
faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of
the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
6 and has made us kings and
priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and
ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He is coming with
clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the
tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who
was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
9 ¶ I,
John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and
patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word
of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 I
was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of
a trumpet,
11
saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and,
“What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which
are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to
Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
12
Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I
saw seven golden lampstands,
13 and
in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed
with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
14 His
head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like
a flame of fire;
15 His
feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as
the sound of many waters;
16 He
had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged
sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
17 And
when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me,
saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
18 “I am He who lives,
and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of
Hades and of Death.
19
“Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the
things which will take place after this.
20
“The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the
seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches,
and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.
These are the things John saw:
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John saw Jesus, ruler over all the kings of
the earth; Who loves us, and washed us, and made us kings and priests of His
Father, God.
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John saw the return of Jesus in the clouds as
he had been told.
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John saw the Alpha and the Omega Who lives
forever and Who has the keys of death and hell.
You know what I see? I see I don’t have
anything to worry about … Jesus has it all covered!
