We continue the review of the Apostle’s visions which tell the basic story contained in Revelation.

1. Daniel/Revelation
for Beginners
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Mike Mazzalongo

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Vision 1
Letters to 7 churches

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Vision 2
Christ in Heaven

4. 4 After these things I looked, and behold, a door
standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I
had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with
me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what
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must take place after these things."
was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing
in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.
- Revelation 4:1-2

5. Apocalyptic Literature
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Action played out in Heavenly scenes
Ch. 4 Symbols
Jewels - beauty, value
24 Elders - angels, leaders in Heavenly places
Crowns - dignity, honor

6. Ch. 4 Symbols
• Lightening - sudden display of power
• Crystal sea - salvation
• 4 creatures -
Ox - service
• Lion - strength
• Eagle - swiftness
• Man - intelligence

7. 5 I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on
the throne a book written inside and on
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the back, sealed up with seven seals. And
I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a
loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the
book and to break its seals?"
- Revelation 5:1-2

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And no one in heaven or on the earth or under
the earth was able to open the book or to look
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into it. Then I began to weep greatly because no
one was found worthy to open the book or to
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look into it; and one of the elders said to me,
"Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the
tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome
so as to open the book and its seven seals."
- Revelation 5:3-5

9. 6 And
I saw between the throne (with the
four living creatures) and the elders a
Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven
horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
- Revelation 5:6

10. 7
And He came and took the book out of the
right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
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When He had taken the book, the four
living creatures and the twenty-four elders
fell down before the Lamb, each one
holding a harp and golden bowls full of
incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Revelation 5:7-8

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And they sang a new song, saying,
œš‘“›⁸Worthy are You to take the book and to break its
seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God
with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue
and people and nation.
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You have made them to be a kingdom and priests
to our God; and they will reign upon the earth."
- Revelation 5:9-10

12. 11 Then
I looked, and I heard the voice of
many angels around the throne and
the living creatures and the elders; and
the number of them was myriads of
myriads, and thousands of thousands,
- Revelation 5:11

13. 12 saying
with a loud voice,
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to
receive power and riches and wisdom and
might and honor and glory and blessing."
- Revelation 5:12

14. 13
And every created thing which is in heaven
and on the earth and under the earth and on
the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying,
"To Him who sits on the throne, and to the
Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and
dominion forever and ever."
- Revelation 5:13

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14 And
the four living creatures kept
saying, "Amen." And the elders fell
down and worshiped.
- Revelation 5:14

16. Ch. 5 Symbols
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Scroll - Message
7 Seals - Security
Lion/Lamb - Dual nature
7 horns/eyes - strength/spirit
Harp - Praise
Incense - Prayer

17. 6 Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of
the seven seals, and I heard one of the four
living creatures saying as with a voice of
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thunder, "Come." I looked, and behold,
a white horse, and he who sat on it had a
bow; and a crown was given to him, and he
went out conquering and to conquer.
- Revelation 6:1-2

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When He broke the second seal, I heard
the second living creature saying,
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"Come." And another, a red horse, went
out; and to him who sat on it, it was
granted to take peace from the earth,
and that men would slay one another;
and a great sword was given to him.
- Revelation 6:3-4

19. 5
When He broke the third seal, I heard the third
living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold,
a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of
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scales in his hand. And I heard something like a
voice in the center of the four living creatures
saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and
three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not
damage the oil and the wine."
- Revelation 6:5-6

20. 7
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come."
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I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who
sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was
following with him. Authority was given to them
over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and
with famine and with pestilence and by the wild
beasts of the earth.
- Revelation 6:7-8

21. 9
When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw
underneath the altar the souls of those who
had been slain because of the word of God, and
because of the testimony which they had
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maintained; and they cried out with a loud
voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and
true, will You refrain from judging and avenging
our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
- Revelation 6:9-10

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11 And there
was given to each of them a
white robe; and they were told that they
should rest for a little while longer, until the
number of their fellow servants and their
brethren who were to be killed even as they
had been, would be completed also.
- Revelation 6:11

23. 12
I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became black
as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon
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became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to
the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when
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shaken by a great wind. The sky was split apart
like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain
and island were moved out of their places.
- Revelation 6:12-14

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15 Then the
kings of the earth and the great
men and the commanders and the rich and
the strong and every slave and free man hid
themselves in the caves and among the rocks
of the mountains;
- Revelation 6:15

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they said to the mountains and to
the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the
presence of Him who sits on the throne,
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and from the wrath of the Lamb;
great day of their wrath has come,
and who is able to stand?"
- Revelation 6:16-17

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• Images presented as a parade
• Parade of God's arsenal of power

27. Ch. 6 Symbols
• White Horse - Victory
crown
• Red Horse - Persecution
• Sword - Killing
• Black Horse - Death
• Scale - Economic
choices, needs
• Pale Horse - Death and
Hell
• Souls - Life
• Natural Phenomena Judgment of Nations

28. Ch. 7
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• Break in action of opening seals
• Assurance that Christians are safe
• Sealed
• Part of kingdom

29. Symbols
Seal - Ownership, protection,
genuineness

30. Symbols
144,000
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(12x12) 144
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(10x10) 1000
1000 x 144
=organized religion
=all possibility
=perfect/mature
=the most perfect/mature
=most complete without exception

31. Symbols
Palm Branches - Victory

32. Ch. 8-11
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Opening of
seal
Silence in Heaven
7 trumpets will sound
Trumpets 1-4 = Calamities
Trumpets 5-6 = Decadence

33. Ch. 10
• Little Book - John's prophecy

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8 Then the
voice which I heard from
heaven, I heard again speaking with me,
and saying, "Go, take the book which is
open in the hand of the angel who
stands on the sea and on the land."
- Revelation 10:8

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9 So
I went to the angel, telling him to
give me the little book. And he said to
me, "Take it and eat it; it will make your
stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will
be sweet as honey."
- Revelation 10:9

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I took the little book out of the angel's
hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was
sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it,
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my stomach was made bitter. And they
said to me, "You must prophesy again
concerning many peoples and nations and
tongues and kings."
- Revelation 10:10-11

37. Ch. 11
Measurement of Temple = Safety of saints

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11 Then there was given me a measuring rod like a
staff; and someone said, "Get up and measure
the temple of God and the altar, and those who
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worship in it. Leave out the court which is
outside the temple and do not measure it, for it
has been given to the nations; and they will tread
under foot the holy city for forty-two months.
- Revelation 11:1-2

39. Ch. 11
• Two witnesses = Gospel

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3 And
I will grant authority to my two witnesses,
and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and
4 These are the
sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."
two olive trees and the two lampstands that
stand before the Lord of the earth.
- Revelation 11:3-4

41. Ch. 11
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• 3 ½ Years = Pentecost - Destruction of Rome

42. Ch. 11
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Seal = Rejoicing & Victory
15 Then the seventh angel sounded;
and there were loud voices in
heaven, saying…
- Revelation 11:15
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43. Symbols - Ch.9
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Key - Authority
Courts - Affects of immorality
Abbadon/Appolyon - Satan
Euphrates - Northern border of Egypt
Troops - Barbarians invading Rome

44. Ch. 10
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• Rainbow - Mercy
• Measuring Rod - Way to know truth

45. Summary Ch. 4-11
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1. Revelation of God's power.
2. Protection of saints through persecution.
3. Script for Rome's fall
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Church will begin strong
Rome will crush it
Rome will be destroyed
Church will survive and grow