Week 5 of JR. Forasteros' study of the Revelation to John explores chapters 8-11. What does the Revelation teach us about how to be holy and faithful, even if it means we will suffer?
23. For Next Week
Read chapter 12.
• What’s happening where?
• How many characters can you identify?
• Read it a few times. Focus on what’s clear.
BONUS: What does the Bible actually say about
the devil?
Editor's Notes
What were your thoughts about the seven churches over the week? Which messages stuck with you?What is the central conflict of the Revelation? (Why is Jesus being revealed?)
The core issue: How do we remain faithful in a faithless culture?
Rival Eschatologies:John is taken behind the veil to see:Who’s really on the throne? Rome? NOPE!
This is God’s Will. It was “sealed” because of Sin – no one was worthy to unseal it. Until…
You were expecting a lion?THIS is Jesus’ eschatology!… So what happens when the Lamb opens the scroll?
Systematic critique of the PaxRomana
Images by Scott Kronk of Fulton, MO
So what’re these horsemen? Why draw on Zechariah? They are God’s agents, judging the empires that oppose God’s people (ROME)
Lamb Power! How does God love Sin to Death?
So… what comes next?
What did this mean for the Seven Churches?The PaxRomana isn’t strong enough for your faith and destiny. Salvation belongs to God alone!How would this speak to Ephesus? To Smyrna and Philadelphia? To Pergamum, Laodicea and Sardis?