The Revelation of Jesus Christ
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Introduction
Tale of Three Cities?
Key Terms 1
Key Terms 2
Key Places
Key Transitions
Key Characters
Outline and overview
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A Tale of Three Cities?
"...the great city...where also our Lord
was crucified...." Rev. 11:8
Earthly Jerusalem?
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A Tale of Three Cities?
"...that great city, which reigns over the
kings of the earth" Rev. 17:18
Rome
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A Tale of Three Cities?
"...And he carried me away in the Spirit
to a great and high mountain, and
showed me the great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven
from God...." Rev. 21:10
Heavenly Jerusalem
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
The “Skeleton” Key
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Key Terms
"…things which must shortly
come to pass…” Revelation 1:1
The Purpose of the Revelation
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Key Terms
"…things which must shortly
come to pass…”
Revelation 1.1; 22.6
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Key Terms
“…the time is at hand…’
Revelation 1.3; 22.10
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Key Terms
"Behold, I am coming quickly.“
Revelation 3.11
Revelation 22.7
Revelation 22.12
Revelation 22.20
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Key Terms
Forty-two months - Rev. 11:2; 13.5
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Key Terms
One thousand two hundred sixty
days – Rev. 11.3; 12.6
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Key Terms
42 months
1,260 days
Same period of time
“Things which must shortly come to
pass”
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Key Terms
42 months
1,260 days
Each is 3 ½ years
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Key Terms
3 ½ years not literal
Something represented by it
Like the weeks of Daniel 9.24
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Key Terms
3 ½ years not literal
Something represented by it
Exactly like…
Daniel 7.25 “time, times, and half a
time…”
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Key Terms
“a time and times and half a time” of
Revelation 12.14 same as…
Daniel 7.25 “time, times, and half a
time…”
These are the SAME period of time
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Babylon (612-539 BC)
Medo-Persia (539-331)
Greece (331-168 BC)
Daniel 2
Rome (168 BC-476 AD)
Babylon (Winged Lion)
Medo-Persia (Bear)
Greece (4 Winged
Leopard)
Daniel 7
Rome (Terrible Beast)
Key Terms
The “things which must shortly come
to pass” will take place within the
time period represented by:
42 months
1,260 days
“time, times, and half a time…”
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Key Terms
The “things which must shortly come
to pass” will take place within:
The reign of the fourth kingdom
The time of the fourth beast
The time of the Roman Empire
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Key Terms
“thousand years”
Revelation 20.2-7
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Key Terms
“Things which must shortly
come to pass…”
“42 months”
“1,260 days”
“time, times and half a time”
Revelation 4.1-19.21
“1000
years
…”
Rev.
20.1-6
Last
Battle
&
Judgment
Rev.
20.715
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Key Terms
42 months
1,260 days
Time, times & half a time…
Revelation 4.1-19.21
“1000
years
…”
Revel
ation
20.1-6
Last
Battle
&
Judgment
Rev.
20.715
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Key Places
Patmos – Rev. 1.9
Heaven – Rev. 4.1
Jerusalem – Rev. 11.1, 8
Rome – Rev. 17.18
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Key Transitions
From Earth to Heaven - Rev. 4.1
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Key Transitions
Attention directed to Jerusalem
Rev. 11.1-19
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Irenaeus’ Statement
Ei de anafandon en tw nun
kairw khruttesqai tounoma
autou, di ekeinou an erreqh
tou kai thn apokaluyin
eorakotos oude gar pollou
xronou ewraqh, alla sxedon
epi ths hmeteras geneas, pros
tw telei ths Dometianou arxhz
Irenaeus’ Statement
We will not, however, incur the risk of
pronouncing positively as to the name of
Antichrist; for if it were necessary that his
name should be distinctly revealed in this
present time, it would have been
announced by him who beheld the
apocalyptic vision. For that was seen no
very long time since, but almost in our day,
towards the end of Domitian's reign.
Key Transitions
Chapter 12
Introduction of Characters
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Key Transitions
Attention directed to Rome
Rev. 17.18
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Key Transitions
End of “things which must shortly
come to pass”
Rev. 19.17-20.3
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Key Transitions
End of “thousand years” and The
Judgment
Rev. 20
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
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Key Terms
“Things which must shortly
come to pass…”
Revelation 4.1-19.21
“1000
years
…”
Revel
ation
20.1-6
Last
Battle
&
Judgment
Rev.
20.715
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Key Terms
42 months
1,260 days
Time, times & half a time…
Revelation 4.1-19.21
“1000
years
…”
Revel
ation
20.1-6
Last
Battle
&
Judgment
Rev.
20.715
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Key Places
Patmos – Rev. 1.9
Heaven – Rev. 4.1
Jerusalem – Rev. 11.1, 8
Rome – Rev. 17.18
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Key Transitions
From Earth to Heaven - Rev. 4.1
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Key Transitions
Attention directed to Jerusalem
Rev. 11.1-19
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Irenaeus’ Statement
Ei de anafandon en tw nun
kairw khruttesqai tounoma
autou, di ekeinou an erreqh
tou kai thn apokaluyin
eorakotos oude gar pollou
xronou ewraqh, alla sxedon
epi ths hmeteras geneas, pros
tw telei ths Dometianou arxhz
Irenaeus’ Statement
We will not, however, incur the risk of
pronouncing positively as to the name of
Antichrist; for if it were necessary that his
name should be distinctly revealed in this
present time, it would have been
announced by him who beheld the
apocalyptic vision. For that was seen no
very long time since, but almost in our day,
towards the end of Domitian's reign.
Key Transitions
Chapter 12
Introduction of Characters
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Key Transitions
Attention directed to Rome
Rev. 17.18
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Key Transitions
End of “things which must shortly
come to pass”
Rev. 19.17-20.3
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Key Transitions
End of “thousand years” and The
Judgment
Rev. 20
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
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Key Characters
The Dragon
Identified – Rev. 12.3-17
Gave power to beast – Rev. 13.2
Was worshipped – Rev. 13.4
Bound for 1000 years – Rev. 20.2
Thrown into lake of fire – Rev. 20.10
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Key Characters
The Beast
Power from dragon – Rev. 13.2
Was worshipped – Rev. 13.4
Number of a man 666 – Rev. 13.18
Seat of harlot Rome – Rev. 17.3
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Key Characters
The Beast
Seven hills – Rev. 17.9
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Seven hills of Rome –
Rev. 17.9
Key Characters
The Beast
Seven hills – Rev. 17.9
Thrown into lake of fire – 19.20
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The Fourth Kingdom
– Rome
First of the Caesars
Julius
(July 13, 100
- March 15, 44 BC)
The Fourth Kingdom
– Rome
The “legs of iron…
feet partly of iron
and partly of clay”
Daniel 2.33
The Fourth Kingdom
– Rome
The “fourth beast,
dreadful and
terrifying”
Daniel 7.7
The Fourth Kingdom
– Rome
The saints would be
“given into his hand
for a time, times
and half a time.”
Daniel 7.25
The Fourth Kingdom
– Rome
The “prince who is
to come…will
destroy the city
and sanctuary”
Daniel 9.26
Key Characters
The Second Beast
Serves 1st Beast – Rev. 13.11-17
False prophet – Rev. 16.13
Cast into lake of fire – Rev. 19.20
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
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Key Terms
Forty-two months - Rev. 11:2; 13.5
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Key Terms
One thousand two hundred sixty
days – Rev. 11.3; 12.6
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Key Terms
“a time and times and half a time” Revelation 12.14
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Key Terms
42 months
1,260 days
“time, times and half a time”
Same period of time
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Key Terms
42 months
1,260 days
Each is 3 ½ years
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Key Terms
3 ½ years and “time, times and half a
time” are referring to the same
period.
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Key Terms
“a time and times and half a time” of
Revelation 12.14 same as…
Daniel 7.25 “time, times, and half a
time…”
These are the SAME period of time
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Key Terms
42 months - 1,260 days - “a time and
times and half a time”
of Revelation same as…
Daniel 7.25 “time, times, and half a
time…”
These are the SAME period of time
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What was to happen in this time?
Daniel 7.25 – the saints will be given
into the hands of the fourth beast
What was to happen in this time?
Rev. 11.2 – Gentiles would tread
upon the “holy city”
What was to happen in this time?
Rev. 11.3 – the “two witnesses”
would prophesy and the beast
from the bottomless pit would
make war with and kill them
What was to happen in this time?
Rev. 12.6 – the “woman” would be
sheltered from the Dragon
What was to happen in this time?
Rev. 12.14 – the “woman” would be
nourished for a “time, times and
half a time” from the presence of
the serpent
What was to happen in this time?
Rev. 13.5-8 – the “beast” would be
allowed to continue for 42
months and make war with the
saints and overcome them
Key Characters
The Beast
Power from dragon – Rev. 13.2
Was worshipped – Rev. 13.4
Number of a man 666 – Rev. 13.18
Seat of harlot Rome – Rev. 17.3
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Key Characters
The Beast
Seven hills – Rev. 17.9
Thrown into lake of fire – 19.20
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Revelation Overview
“Things which must shortly
come to pass…”
“42 months”
“1,260 days”
“time, times and half a time”
Revelation 4.1-19.21
“1000
years
…”
Rev.
20.1-6
Last
Battle
&
Judgment
Rev.
20.715
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Roman Rulers
Pompey
Julius
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
63BC
47-44BC
27BC-AD14
AD14-37
37-41
41-54
54-68
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian
Nerva
Trajan
68-69
69
69
69-79
79-81
81-96 *
96-98
*By the end of 1st century it was illegal to profess Christ.
Roman Rulers
Decius
Valerian
Diocletian
249-251
253-260
284-305 Last official persecution
Constantine
306-337 First “Christian” Emperor
Julian
Theodosius I
361-363 Last Pagan Emperor
379-395 Last Emperor of E & W
Modern Seljuk, Turkey – Ancient Ephesus
Patmos
Angel
32. aggelos, ang'-el-os; from aggello
…
(to bring tidings); a messenger; esp.
an "angel"; by impl. a pastor:-angel, messenger.
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