The Art of Revelation
Taking a step back
The First 7 Roman Emperors
Rev 17:10
"Five have fallen..."
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Julius Caesar (49-44 BC)
Augustus (27BC- AD14)
Tiberius (AD14-37)
Caligula (AD37-41)
Claudius (AD41-54)
"one is.."
• Nero (AD54-68)
"the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain
for only a little while."
• Galba (June AD68 - January AD69, a six month rulership)
Old Testament Timeline?
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Adam and Eve (The garden of Eden) Noah
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,
Egyptian slavery , Moses (the exodus)
Joshua
The Judges
King Saul
King David
King Solomon ....then it gets tricky?
• After Solomon - Israel divided - both sides go into decline
with many evil rulers but Israel is majorly worse than Judah
• Elijah and Elisha fight against the tide of evil
• Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah prophesy about the coming
destruction upon Jerusalem for her wickedness
• Babylon brings destruction on Judah and takes Daniel and
others. Assyria destroys the Northern kingdom, whose 10
tribes are now gone from history
• Daniel writes book while in Babylonia captivity
• Esther protect her people from destruction whilst in
captivity
• Finally the exile in Babylon ends and the Israelites return to
Jerusalem. They rebuild the city and then the Temple
under Ezra and Nehemiah
• Between Solomon and Nehemiah are the smaller books of
minor prophets.
The Medium of Revelation and Ezekiel
Content
Revelation
Ezekiel
The Throne Vision
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The Book
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2-3
The Four Plagues
6:1-8
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The Slain under the Altar
6:9-11
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The Wrath of God
6:12-17
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The Seal on the Saints
foreheads
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The Coals from the Altar
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10
No more delay
10:1-7
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The Eating of the Book
10:8-11
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The Measuring of the Temple
11:1-2
40-43
Jerusalem and Sodom
11:8
16
The comparison continued...
Content
Revelation
Ezekiel
The Cup of Wrath
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The Vine of the Land
14:18-20
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The Great Harlot
17-18
16,23
The Lament over the City
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27
The Scavengers’ Feast
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39
The First Resurrection
20:4-6
37
The Battle with God and
Magog
20:7-9
38-39
The New Jerusalem
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40-48
The River of Life
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47
The timing fulfilment...
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What must shortly take place (Rev 1:1)
For the time is near (Rev 1:3)
I am coming to you quickly (Rev 2:16 & 3:11)
The third woe is coming quickly (Rev 11:14)
The things which must shortly take place (Rev 22:6)
Behold, I am coming quickly (Rev 22:7 & 12)
For the time is near (Rev 22:10)
Yes I am coming quickly (Rev 22:20)
A text cannot mean what it never
could have meant to its author or his
or her readers.”
Gordon Fee
The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave him to show to his
servants the things that must soon
take place. He made it known by
sending his angel to his servant John
Revelation 1:1