Revelation L1 "Worthy Art Thou!"
Our new study of the book of Revelation starts with this lesson. Revelation 1:1-3 is the text for this sermon entitled, "Worthy Art Thou!"
As we carefully and prayerfully walk our way through the book of Revelation we will be answering these questions:
1.What is a revelation? How does understanding Jewish apocalyptic literature help us understand it?
2.Who is Jesus Christ in the book of Revelation?
3.What role do angels play in the book?
4.Who is this servant John and why is he on the isle of Patmos?
5.What does it mean to testify about Jesus?
6.What are the sevenfold blessings in Revelation, and how I can claim them?
7.What is the significance of specific numbers used?
8.What does the phrase “the time is near” mean?
9.Is the book of Revelation only about the past, or only about the future?
10.Why is the book of Revelation at the end of the Bible canon?
11.Why is the book of Revelation so often misunderstood and misused?
12.Historically, what are the main systems of interpretation toward the book of Revelation?
13.John testifies to what he saw. What do we make of his visions and dreams?
14.What was going on in the 7 churches of Asia that prompted this revelation?
15.Are we to interpret the book of Revelation literally or figuratively, or at times both?
16.How is the cataclysmic battle between good and evil portrayed in the book of Revelation?
17.How does Satan operate in the book of Revelation, and what is his destiny?
18.How can we understand the book of Revelation when it seems to have repetition and new material all woven together?
19.When was the book of Revelation written--late 60s or 90s of the first century?
20.What is the new heaven and new earth?
21.What are the end times like?
22.Specifically, how does the book of Revelation offer hope for us today?
