1. Mystery and Majesty

2. Revelation unveiled

3. John’s gospel –
the glory of His
incarnation
John’s Apocalypse –
the glory of His return

4. The most difficult NT book to interpret

5. Isle of Patmos (Aegean Sea -)
Now: a resort island
Then: a penal colony

7. It’s genre – apocalyptic Apocalypsis = to unveil
Vs 1–3 The Character of the Book
It’s genre – apocalyptic Apocalypsis = to unveil
what is hidden)

8. It’s central theme – the Lamb

9. 1. Christ the Lord among the churches (as judge)
2. The worthiness of the Lamb to execute God’s wrath
3. The wrath of the Lamb
4. The worship of the Lamb
5. The victory of the Lamb
6. The reign of the Lamb

10. It’s prophetic nature “…which God gave Him to must soon take place. He
show His servants what
must soon take place. He
made it known by sending
His angel to His servant
John, who testifies to
everything he saw”

11. It’s promised blessing

12. Comforted by looking to Christ
2. The comfort of the book
(vs. 4-6)
The call - to be faithful unto death
Comforted by looking to Christ
Faithful witness
Firstborn – Psalm 89:37
Ruler – the One who presides over
the destinies of the nations

13. Comforted by God’s Grace
He loves us – (continuous)
He has freed us from our sin – (a completed action in the past)
He has made us a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6)

14. 3. The climax of the book (vs. 7-8)
“Look, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of Him” (v.7)

15. King Richard the Lionhearted

16. He is Lord
“Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord.” Phil 2:9-11