1. 22nd Oct. 2017. Sungai Ara Gospel Hall
22nd Oct Sungai Ara Gospel Hall The “Seven’s” in John’s Revelation
The “Sevens” in John’s Gospel – 20:31; 21:25 The “Sevens” in John’s Revelation – 1:19 22nd Oct – Pt. 1: Introduction to the Sevens in Revelation 3rd Dec – Pt. 2: Condition in the Seven Churches 10th Dec – Pt. 3: The Great Tribulation in the Seven Seal Judgments

2. 1. Seven is the number of Completion and Perfection.
Introduction: The Sevens in John’s Gospel: (1) The Seven Jesus Miraculous Signs (2) The Seven Jesus “I AM” Statements.
(A) Introduction 1: The Sevens in John’s Revelation:
1. Seven is the number of Completion and Perfection.
2. Seven is a unique feature of Revelation.
a. The Seven’s in Single Occurrences (in KJV).
i. “Seven” (Gk. “hepta”) occurs 87 times in the N. T.
ii. “Seven” occurs 55, and “Seventh” 5, times in Rev.
iii. “Seven”-phrase Occurs 35 times in Rev.

3. = a time, and times and half a time 12:14
a. The Seven’s in Single Occurrences b. The Seven’s in Series Outlining Revelation
The seven-fold Character of Christ - 1: Ch. 1
The seven Churches - 1:4, 11, 20 Chs. 2-3
The seven Seals & Judgments - 5:1, 5:5 Chs. 4-6; 8:1
The seven Trumpet Judgments - 8:2, 6 Chs. 8, 9; 11:15-19
The seven Bowl/Vial judgments - 15:7, 17:1, 21:9 Chs
The seven Parentheses Chs. 7, 10-14, 17-18
The six “thousand” occ :2-7, ct. 11:2, 3 Chs. 19, 20
The Seven new Outstanding Subjects Chs. 21, 22
17th day } to {17th day = 5 mths. = 150 days
2nd mth.} {7th mth. (Gen. 7:11; 8:3, 4)
1 prophetic month = 30 days
30)1260 days Rev. 11:3; 12:6
___42 months Rev. 11:2; 13:5
= a time, and times and half a time 12:14

4. Unesco passes contentious Jerusalem resolution (October, 2017) (In a 24-6 vote, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a resolution that denies Jewish ties to its most holy religious sites: the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.) Those who supported the motion included Algeria…Malaysia, Vietnam. Six countries that supported Israel were the United States, Great Britain, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Germany and Estonia. 26 abstained. The United Nations cultural agency has adopted the resolution… The stated aim of the text was "the safeguarding of the cultural heritage of Palestine and the distinctive character of East Jerusalem”

5. Paul wrote to Seven Churches: Romans to Thessalonians
(A) Introduction 1: The Sevens in John’s Revelation: (B) Introduction 2: The Seven Churches in Asia. Rev. 2, 3
Paul wrote to Seven Churches: Romans to Thessalonians
They Provide the Principles and Practices of the Local Church.
2. John wrote to Seven Churches in Asia: Ephesus to Laodicea.
They Picture in Prophetic Outline the history of Christendom from Pentecost to the Parousia of the Church.

6. (C) Introduction 3: - Revelation in Perspective
THE PROLOGUE OF THE BOOK.
The Penman of the Book: John, the Apostle. Rev. 1:1, 2, 4, 9; 22:8
The Period of the Book: AD. 96
The Promise of the Book: A three-fold Blessing – read, hear, keep. Rev. 1:3 See Seven Beatitudes.

7. Seven Beatitudes in Revelation
1:3
14:13
16:15
19:9
20:6
22:7
BLESSED is he that readeth and they that hear… and keep those things that are written…
BLESSED are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth…(ct. 14:9-11)
Behold I come as a thief. BLESSED is he that watcheth
BLESSED are they who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
BLESSED and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection
BLESSED is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
BLESSED are they that do His commandments… (wash their robes)

8. (C) Introduction 3: - Revelation in Perspective. I
(C) Introduction 3: - Revelation in Perspective. I. THE PROLOGUE OF THE BOOK.
II. THE PANORAMA OF THE BOOK.
The Simple Plan in the Book.
It deals mainly with....
1. The Past - "The things which thou hast seen." What thou seest write... 1:11 cf. 1:19. Ch. 1
John's Vision of the Exalted Christ, (the last fold portrait of Christ in the N. T.) 1:13-16
Rev. 1:19

9. 1. The Past – “The things which thou hast seen. ” Ch. 1 2
1. The Past – “The things which thou hast seen.” Ch The Present - "The things which are" Chs. 2, 3 Outline of the Dispensation of the Church: C H R I S T
The Seven golden candlesticks (1:12, 13, 20; 2:1); stars (1:16, 20; 2:1; 3:1); churches (1:20); Spirits of God (3:1); angels (1:20)
a. The Messages to the Seven churches - the Church age. "Write"
A Contemporary Approach - Past Historical (Preterist)
A Concurrent Approach - Present Historical (Allegorist)
A Consecutive Approach - Progressively Historical (Futurist)
b. The Missing (Rapture of the) Church between 3:22 and 4:1. Cf. occ. of "church/churches" in 3:22; 22:16

10. 31st October, 2017 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Unto the angel of the Church in Sardis write; Rev. 3:1-6 1 These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how thou hast Received and heard, and hold fast, and Repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

11. 500th Anniversary of the Reformation (Or Protestantism?)
31st October, 1517 – Martin Luther nailed his 95 Thesis to the door of a Roman Catholic Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
The Reformation began at a time of spiritual darkness in Church History as the “dark ages” or the “Devil’s Millennium.” When Gregory the Great was crowned Pope in Rome in AD590 a new era began when the Church assumed secular power.
In the 16th century Martin Luther was a Catholic Priest of the Augustinian Order who was deeply troubled by the sale of Indulgences by the Pope’s agent, Tetzel, who sold Indulgences to raise funds for the rebuilding of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
An Indulgence supposedly gave Catholics a reduction in the penances that they had to do to atone for their sins and also in the punishment that a Catholic might receive in Purgatory.

12. 1. The Past - "The things which thou hast seen. " 2
1. The Past - "The things which thou hast seen." The Present - "The things which are" Chs. 2, The Prospect – "The things which shall be hereafter.” Chs The future after the Rapture of the Church – Chs. 4-5 cf. 4:1
Their Commencement - "Hereafter", lit. = "after these things", as in 1:19; 4:1, 2
Their Concentration - The Great Tribulation Chs (cf. 7:14)
Their Consummation – “after these things” 19: Chs

13. [OR The SEVEN’S in the Great Tribulation Chs. 6-19:10]
A. A Simple Plan in the Book. Rev. 1:19 B. The Sure Prophecy in the Book re: the Great Tribulation The Prophecy has not yet been Fulfilled It's Parallel with the Great Tribulation Features.
C . The "Seven" Plagues (Judgments) in the Forthcoming Trials:- Chs. 6-19:6
[OR The SEVEN’S in the Great Tribulation Chs. 6-19:10]
The Seven Seals - Chs. 6:1-17; 8:1
The Seven Trumpets - Chs. 8:6 - 9:21; 11:
The Seven Bowls/Vials - Chs. 15, 16
D. The “Seven” Parentheses - Figures in the Tribulation Chs. 7, 10-14, 17-19

14. (A) Recapituation: The Sevens in John’s Revelation:
2. The Seven’s in Series Outlining Revelation
The seven churches - 1:4, 11, 20 Chs. 1, 2-3 The seven seal judgments - 5:1, 5:5 Chs. 4-6; 8:1 The seven trumpet judgments :2, 6 Chs. 8, 9; 1: The seven bowl/vial judgments - 15:7, 17:1, 21:9 Chs The seven parentheses Chs. 7, 10-14, 17-19
The Great Tribulation on Earth
Jews and Gentiles – them/they that dwell/ dwelt on/upon the earth
Rev. 6:10; 11:10 (x2); 13:14 (x2); 14:6; 17:8
The Church and Tribulation Saints in Heaven. Rev. Chs. 4, 5, 7:
Rev. 12:1-6ff
23rd September, 2017 – Rapture? The Great Tribulation?

15. The Test of the Prophets Deuteronomy 18:20-22
20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

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