Keys for interpreting the Book of Revelation correctly

1. The Revelation of Jesus
Christ - Part 1
A Bunch of Keys

2. Who Makes the Rules?
-The bible does
What are they?

3. A Bunch of Keys
 Why he is Writing?
 Who he is writing to?
 What he is saying to the original readers?
 What are the times?
 What Type of literature is it?
 Bible must be its interpreter!
 Think Like a Jew or Fail!
 Rituals, festivals Old Testament Stories.
 Themes and threads that run all through
scripture e.g. judgment, worship
 How other Scripture is used e.g. Matt 24

4. OT
Stories
History
INTERPRETED
THROUGH
PRISM OF THE
CROSS
APPLIED TO CHURCH
PERSONAL
END
TIMES
A KALEIDOSCOPE OF
DIAMONDS

5. An example of this as it relates
to Revelation
• Notice the relationship between the days
of creation, the seven last plagues and the
events of the cross.

6. The days of
creation
1 Light
2 Sun and Moon
3 Sea and the land
4 Trees
5 Fish and the birds
6 Animals and Man
7 Rest “It is Finished
The Seven Last
Plagues
1 Sores on People
2 Sea = blood
3 Rivers = blood (land)
4 Sun scorches
5 Darkness
6 Armageddon
7 “It Is finished”
earthquake
lightening
Hail / Islands
Crucifixion
Outside / gate
Blood/ water (from
side)
Darkness
Spiritual Struggle
Earthquake
Crown of thorns
(curse)
It is finished
REST
REST
NO
REST

7. Revelation through the prism of the
Cross
Creation Re-creation De-creation
1,2,3..7 days 7 plagues 3,2,1
rest rest No rest
tree tree tree
7 sayings “it is finished
Curse
Wrath
For us
Curse
Wrath
Pay own
penalty

8. Sanctuary in the Book of
Revelation
A Vital Key To
Understanding Revelation
Session Two

9. Snapshots of the Calvary Drama

10. Special Blessing
Rev 1:3
“Blessed is the one who reads the words
of this prophecy, and blessed are those
who hear it and take to heart what is
written in it, because the time is near.”

11. An Appendix? An Obscure
Book?
The Book of Revelation = Culmination of
Biblical Theology.
Do you like ART? Do you like to visit picture
galleries?

12. Revelation of John?
“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which
God gave him to show his servants what
must soon take place. He made it known
by sending his angel to his servant
John…” Rev 1:1

13. Revelation of God
Revelation coming from God about God!
Introduction and Conclusion: GRACE
Rev 1:4 “Grace and peace to you…”
Rev 22:21 “The grace of the Lord Jesus be
with God's people. Amen.”

14. Literary Structure of the Book of
Revelation
Chapters 1-11
Historical part (several overviews from the
first coming to the second coming of
Jesus)
Chapters 12-22
Eschatological part (focus on the end-time
events)

15. Chiastic Climax of the
Apocalypse
Rev 12-14

16. The Chiasm of Revelation
Pro-
logue
1:1-8
The
Seven
Churches
A
1:9-
3:22
The
Seven
Trumpets
C
4:1-
8:1
The
Seven
Seals
B
The Final
Crisis
D
8:2-
11:18
11:19-
14:20
The
Seven
Bowls
C’
15:1-
18:24
19:1-
20:15
The
Millennium
B’
21:1-
22:5
The
New
Jerusalem
A’
Epi-
logue
22:6-
21

17. Revelation 12-14
The culmination of the chiastic structure
Summary of the Great Controversy

18. The Meganarrative of Revelation
Series of Seven’s
Prologue: Revelation 1:1-8
(Series of Seven's)
• I. 7 Churches (2-3)
• II. 7 Seals (6:1-8:1)
• III. 7 Trumpets (8:7-11:8)
• IV. 7 Cosmic Conflict Scenes (12:1-15:4)
– [Last 6 start with kai eidon "And I saw"]
• 1. 12:1-17 Woman and Serpent
• 2. 13:1-10 Sea Beast
• 3. 13:11-16 Land Beast
• 4. 14:1-5 144,000
• 5. 14:6-13 3 Angels' Message
• 6. 14:14-20 Harvest
• 7. 15:1-4 Sea of Glass
• V. 7 Plagues (16:1-18:24)
• VI. 7 Scenes in the Windup of the Cosmic Conflict (19:11-20:15)
– [Each scene starts with kai eidon "And I saw"]
• 1. 19:11-16 White Horse
• 2. 19:17-18 Supper of Birds
• 3. 19:19-21 Final Battle
• 4. 20:1-3 1000 Years
• 5. 20:4-10 Saints Judge
• 6. 20:11 Great White Throne
• 7. 20:12-15 Judgment of Dead
• VII. 7 Part Description of the New Jerusalem (21:9-22:5) – 21:9-11,12-14,15-17,18-21,22-27; 22:1-2,3-5.
Epilogue: Revelation 22:6-21

19. The Explicit Pattern
Introduction Vision
Seven Churches (2-3)
Seven Seals (6-7)
Seven Trumpets (8-11)
Seven Plagues (16-18)
1:9-20
4 & 5
8:2-6
15:5-8
7 GC Scenes (12-14)11:19
7 GC Scenes (19-20)19:1-10
New Earth (21-22)21:1-8

20. THE DEITY OF
JESUS AS
REVEALED IN
THE BOOK OF
REVELATION

21. •The church and state
unite to bring about the
death of Jesus.(totalitarian
government units with corrupt professors
of religion to control and to condemn the
head.)
•Passover replay
•Gethsemane = the time of
trouble
•The death decree
Condemned for reverence
& obedience
. The plagues are a replay
of Calvary.

23.  Leonard Goppelt: typology “is the
central and distinctive NT way of
understanding the Gospel. . .it is the
decisive interpretation of Jesus, the
Gospel, and the Church. . . . According
to its NT core, typology is theologically
constitutive for an understanding of the
Gospel.” E.G. THE
SECOND
ADAM

24.  Robert M. Grant (church historian): “the New
Testament method of interpreting the OT is
generally that of typology.”
 E. Earle Ellis: “typological interpretation
expresses most clearly the basic attitude of
primitive Christianity toward the OT.”

25. Traditional Understanding: Typology is the
study of persons, events, or institutions which
God has divinely designed to prefigure (point
forward to) the eschatological (end time)
fulfillment in Christ or the Gospel realities
brought about by Christ.

26. UNDER EVERY ROCK,
PRINTED ON EVERY
PAGE

29. It is
finished
Sabbath
Rest Physical
It is
finished
Sabbath
Rest
Spiritual rest in a
finished work of
salvation

35.  Adam
 Seth
 Enosh
 Kenan
 Mahalelel
 Jared
 Enoch
 Methuselah
 Lamech
 Noah
The
Fall
The
Solution
• Man
• Appointed
• To descend (Mortal)
•Acquired
•The Blessed God
•To Descend
•Teaching
•His death shall bring
•Power (over sin)
•Rest

43. Snapshots of the Calvary Drama

51. The Alpha and the Omega
Old Testament Background
of Revelation
A Prerequisite Study for the Book of Revelation

52. The Old Testament background
of the book
• In 404 verses, there are very few
OT quotes
– Yet, there are hundreds of
allusions to the OT
– 278 verses (70% of the
book) references the OT
– UBS (United Bible Society)
Greek NT cross-references
the OT 500+ times
– By contrast, Paul's letters
contain only 95 direct
quotes and about 100 other
allusions to the OT

53. A KALEIDOSCOPE OF
DIAMONDS
OT
Stories
History
INTERPRETED
THROUGH
PRISM OF THE
CROSS
APPLIED TO CHURCH
PERSONAL
END
TIMES

54. • Creation
• The Exodus
• Babylonian Captivity
• The Sanctuary
• Balaam & Balak
• Elijah
• Jezebel
• Throne in heaven
• Four living creatures
• Beast out of the sea
• Song of Moses
• Fall of Babylon
• New heaven and earth
• New Jerusalem
• Tree of life All right out of the OT
In Revelation, we see, among
many others …

55. The days of
creation
1 Light
2 Sun and Moon
3 Sea and the land
4 Trees
5 Fish and the birds
6 Animals and Man
7 Rest “It is Finished
The Seven Last
Plagues
1 Sores on People
2 Sea = blood
3 Rivers = blood (land)
4 Sun scorches
5 Darkness
6 Armageddon
7 “It Is finished”
earthquake
lightening
Hail / Islands
Crucifixion
Outside / gate
Blood/ water (from
side)
Darkness
Spiritual Struggle
Earthquake
Crown of thorns
(curse)
It is finished
REST
REST
NO
REST

56. The day of the Lord Rev 1:10 –
Amos 5:18
The Genitive case can be
translated “The Lord’s Day”
or “The day of the Lord.”

57. The Remnant
Rev12:17 &14: 12 – Haggai 1:12

58. Seven golden lampstands
 Rev 1:12 WEB I saw seven golden lampstands.
 Reminiscent of the menorah in the tabernacle and in
Zechariah's vision.
 Exo 25:31-40 “You shall make a lampstand of pure
gold. … You shall make its lamps seven.
 Zec 4:2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I said,
“I have seen …a lampstand all of gold, with its
bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon
…

59. VISIONS OF HOPE (ZECHARIAH)VISIONS OF HOPE (ZECHARIAH)
Zech 4 - Rev 11:1-4
The Two witnesses

60. The man with the measuring line
Zech 2:1-13 – Rev 21:15

61. Zechariah saw four
horns that
represented the
oppressive power
that scattered Israel
throughout the four
corners of the Earth.
The craftsmen are sent to fight theThe craftsmen are sent to fight the
horns, “representing the agencieshorns, “representing the agencies
used by the Lord in restoring Hisused by the Lord in restoring His
people and the house of Hispeople and the house of His
worship”worship” (E.G.W., Prophets and Kings, cp. 46, pg.(E.G.W., Prophets and Kings, cp. 46, pg.
581)581)
Zech 3
The Accuser of the
Brethren
– Rev 12:10

62. Zech 12:10 – Rev 1:7
When Jesus returns
those who pierced
Him will see Him
coming in the clouds

63. One like a son of man.
 Rev 1:13-16
 And among the
lampstands was one
like a son of man,
clothed with a robe
reaching down to his
feet, and with a
golden sash around
his chest. …

64. The picture comes from OT image
of the Messiah

65. The scene in Revelation 4-5 takes place
around God's throne in heaven
 Rev 4:2-5 Behold,
there was a throne set
in heaven, and one
sitting on the throne
… There was a
rainbow around the
throne … There were
seven lamps of fire
burning before his
throne, which are the
seven Spirits of God.

66. The description imports aspects of
the visions of several prophets
 Isa 6:1 I saw the Lord
sitting on a throne...
 Dan 7:9-10 I saw until
thrones were placed,
and one who was
ancient of days sat …
his throne was fiery
flames, and the
wheels of it burning
fire. A fiery stream
issued and came forth
from before him...

67. Around God's throne in Revelation
4, John saw 4 living creatures
 Rev 4:6-8 The first
creature was like a
lion, and the second
creature like a calf,
and the third
creature had a face
like a man, and the
fourth was like a
flying eagle. The
four living creatures,
each … having six
wings, are full of
eyes around about
and within. …

68. The words are reminiscent of OT
images of God
 Eze 1:5-10
 Out of the midst of it
came the likeness of
four living creatures.
... Everyone had
four faces … the
face of a man … the
face of a lion … the
face of an ox … the
face of an eagle.
THE HORSEMAN AMONG
THE MYRTLE TREES
(ZEC. 1:7-17)
Several horsemen are sent to walkSeveral horsemen are sent to walk
throughout the world. When they comethroughout the world. When they come
back, they report that it is quiet andback, they report that it is quiet and
restful. The nations are in peace andrestful. The nations are in peace and
there is no war. That indicated that itthere is no war. That indicated that it
was a proper time to rebuild thewas a proper time to rebuild the
TempleTemple..

69. When the Lamb opens the first 4
seals, John sees 4 horses and riders
 Rev 6:1-8
 the Lamb opened one
of the seven seals …
And behold, a white
horse … When he
opened the second
seal, … Another came
forth, a red horse. …
When he opened the
third seal … behold, a
black horse … When
he opened the fourth
seal, … behold, a pale
horse

70. The horses and riders are a reminder
of God's judgments in the OT
 Zec 6:1-8 I … saw …
four chariots … In the
first … were red
horses; in the second
… black horses; in the
third … white horses;
and in the fourth …
dappled horses, all of
them powerful …
“These are the four
winds of the sky,
which go forth from
standing before the
Lord of all the earth.
…

71. They also remind us of one prophetic
reference to four judgments
 Eze 14:21 For thus
says the Lord
Yahweh: How much
more when I send
my four sore
judgments on
Jerusalem, the
sword, and the
famine, and the evil
animals, and the
pestilence …

72. The sixth seal brings an earthquake
with cosmic consequences
 Rev 6:12-17 The sun
became black … and
the … moon became as
blood. The stars … fell
to the earth ... The sky
… removed like a scroll
… The kings of the
earth … hid themselves
in the caves and in the
rocks ... They told the
mountains and the
rocks,
“Fall on us, and hide us from
the face of him who sits on
the throne, and from the
wrath of the Lamb, for the
great day of his wrath has
come …”

73. The description reminds the reader
of God's judgments in the OT
 Joel 2:30-31 The sun will
be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood
…
 Isa 34:4 the heavens shall
be rolled together as a
scroll…
 Isa 2:19 Men shall go into
the caves … From … the
terror of Yahweh, And …
the glory of his majesty,
When he arises to shake
the earth mightily.
 Hos 10:8 They will tell the
mountains, “Cover us!”
and the hills, “Fall on us!”

74. Rev 7 depicts 4 angels being held
back until God's people are sealed.
 Rev 7:1-8 I saw four angels
standing at the four corners
of the earth, holding the four
winds of the earth, so that no
wind would blow on the
earth, or on the sea, or on
any tree. I saw another angel
… having the seal of the
living God. He cried with a
loud voice to the four angels
to whom it was given to
harm the earth and the sea,
saying, “Don't harm the earth
… until we have sealed the
bondservants of our God on
their foreheads!” …

75. This picture is reminiscent of a
similar passage in Ezekiel 9
 Eze 9:1-6 Behold, six men
… every man with his …
weapon in his hand; and
one man … clothed in
linen, with a writer's
inkhorn by his side. … The
glory of the God of Israel
… called to the man
clothed in linen, … Go …
set a mark on the
foreheads of the men that
sigh … over all the
abominations … To the
others he said … Go you
through the city after him,
and strike: don't let your
eye spare, neither have
you pity; … but don't come
near any man on whom is
the mark …

76. THE SONS OF JACOB
 Reuben
 Simeon
 Judah
 Issachar
 Zebulun
 Joseph
 Manasseh
 Benjamin
 Dan
 Asher
 Gad
 Naphtali
Numbers 1:5-15 Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Joseph
Benjamin
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
R
A
C
H
E
A
L
BILHAH
ZILPAH
Genesis 36:23-25
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Zebulun
Issachar
Dan
Gad
Asher
Naphtali
Joseph
Benjamin
Chronological Gen 49

77. List as found in Rev 7
Judah = 4
Reuben = 1
Gad = 8
Asher = 9
Naphtali = 10
Manasseh = 11?
Simeon = 2
Levi = 3
Issachhar = 6
Zebulun = 5
Joseph = 11
Benjamin = 12
Reuben = 1
Simeon = 2
Levi = 3
Judah = 4
Zebulun = 5
Issachar = 6
Dan = 7
Gad = 8
Asher = 9
Naphtali = 10
Joseph = 11
Benjamin = 12

78. The 144,000 Revelation 7
Judah = praise
Reuben = behold a son
Gad = fortune
Asher = happy
Naphtali = wrestling
Manasseh = causing forgetfulness
Simeon = hearing
Levi = joined
Issachhar = reward
Zebulun = dwelling
Joseph = increaser
Benjamin = son of the right hand
Praise. Behold a group of
sons, a blessed company
who are happy after
wrestling with sin [or God] ,
forgetting the past and now
hearing God’s word, being
joined to him and about to
receive the reward of
dwelling in God’s presence
with added joys as sons of
his right hand.

79. The four trumpets of Rev. 8:7-12
are harbingers of God's judgments
 Rev 8:6-12 … (7) The first
sounded, and … hail and
fire, mixed with blood … (8)
The second … sounded, and
… a … mountain was thrown
into the sea … the sea
became blood, (9) and …
creatures … in the sea died
… (10) The third …
sounded, and a … star fell
from the sky … the waters
became wormwood …
people died from the waters
… (12) The fourth …
sounded, and … the sun
was struck, and … the
moon, and … the stars …
darkened

80. The judgments depicted by trumpets
come from various places in the OT
 In part, from the Day of the
Lord in Joel
 Joel 2:1-3 Blow you
the trumpet in Zion …
sound an alarm in my
holy mountain! … For
the day of Yahweh
comes … it is close at
hand: A day of
darkness … A great
and strong people; … A
fire devours before
them, And behind
them, a flame burns. …
and no one has
escaped them.

81. They are also reminiscent of the
plagues of Egypt
 Exo 9:23-26 Moses stretched ... his rod … thunder, hail, and
lightning
 Exo 7:19-21 “Tell Aaron, ' … stretch … your hand over the
waters … the waters … in the river were turned to blood. The
fish … died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians
couldn't drink …
 Exo 10:21-23 Yahweh said … “Stretch out your hand … that
there may be darkness over the land … darkness which may
be felt.”
Heralding another
exodus

82. In Revelation 10, John is told to eat a
little book that an angel gives him
 Rev 10:8-11 … “Go, take
the book which is open in
the hand of the angel who
stands on the sea and on
the land.” I went to the
angel … He said to me,
“Take it, and eat it up. It
will make your stomach
bitter, but in your mouth it
will be as sweet as honey.”
I took the little book out of
the angel's hand, and ate it
up. It was as sweet as
honey in my mouth. When
I had eaten it, my stomach
was made bitter...

83. This episode is reminiscent of an
experience of the prophet Ezekiel
 Eze 2:8-3:3 … When I
looked, behold, … a scroll
… He said to me, Son of
man, eat that which you
find; eat this scroll, and
go, speak to the house of
Israel. So I opened my
mouth, and he caused me
to eat the scroll. He said to
me, Son of man, cause
your belly to eat, and fill
your bowels with this
scroll that I give you. Then
did I eat it; and it was in
my mouth as honey for
sweetness.

84. In Revelation 11, John is told to
measure God's temple
 Rev 11:1-2 A reed like a
rod was given to me.
Someone said, “Rise,
and measure God's
temple, and the altar,
and those who worship
in it. Leave out the court
which is outside of the
temple, and don't
measure it, for it has
been given to the
gentiles. They will tread
the holy city under foot
for forty-two months.

85. Zechariah similarly envisioned a
man measuring Jerusalem
 Zec 2:1-5 … behold, a man
with a measuring line in
his hand. Then I asked,
“Where are you going?”
He said to me, “To
measure Jerusalem ...” …
and another angel went
out to meet him, and said
to him, “Run, speak to this
young man, saying,
'Jerusalem will be
inhabited as villages
without walls, … For I,'
says Yahweh, 'will be to
her a wall of fire around it,
and I will be the glory in
the midst of her.

86. In Revelation 11, two witnesses
preach for three-and-a-half years
 Rev 11:3-6 I will give
power to my two
witnesses, and they will
prophesy one thousand
two hundred sixty days,
clothed in sackcloth.”
These are the two olive
trees and the two
lampstands, standing
before the Lord of the
earth … These have the
power to shut up the sky,
that it may not rain ... They
have power over the
waters, to turn them into
blood, and to strike the
earth with every plague ...

87. These two witnesses remind us of the
two olive branches in Zechariah 4
 Zec 4:11-14 Then I
asked him, “What are
these two olive trees on
the right side of the
lampstand and on the
left side of it?” … He
answered me, “Don't
you know what these
are?” I said, “No, my
lord.” Then he said,
“These are the two
anointed ones who
stand by the Lord of the
whole earth.”
The 3 ½ yrs remind us of
Elijah and the Ministry of
Jesus.

88. The power to turn water to blood and
inflict plagues reminds us of Moses
 Exodus 7:19-21 Yahweh said
to Moses, “Tell Aaron, 'Take
your rod, and stretch out your
hand over the waters of
Egypt, over their rivers, over
their streams, and over their
pools, and over all their ponds
of water, that they may
become blood … Moses and
Aaron did so … and all the
waters that were in the river
were turned to blood. ...

89. The power to shut the sky and
prevent rain reminds us of Elijah
 1Ki 17:1 Elijah the
Tishbite, who was of the
foreigners of Gilead,
said to Ahab, As
Yahweh, the God of
Israel, lives, before
whom I stand, there
shall not be dew nor
rain these years, but
according to my word.
3 ½ years = Jesus ministry = 1260 days Daniel and Revelation (7 times)

90. In Rev 12, John sees a war in
heaven with Satan thrown to earth
 Rev 12:7-9 There was war
in the sky. Michael and his
angels made war on the
dragon. The dragon and
his angels made war. They
didn't prevail, neither was
a place found for him any
more in heaven. The great
dragon was thrown down,
the old serpent, he who is
called the devil and Satan,
the deceiver of the whole
world. He was thrown
down to the earth, and his
angels were thrown down
with him.

91. The description sounds like a
similar description in Isaiah 14
 Isa 14:12-15 How you are
fallen from heaven, day-
star, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to
the ground, who laid the
nations low! You said in
your heart, I will ascend
into heaven, I will exalt my
throne above the stars of
God; … I will make myself
like the Most High. Yet you
shall be brought down to
Sheol, to the uttermost
parts of the pit.

92. In Revelation 13, John sees a beast
coming out of the sea
 It has features of a
leopard, bear and lion.
 Rev 13:1-2 Then I stood on
the sand of the sea. I saw a
beast coming up out of the
sea, having ten horns and
seven heads. On his horns
were ten crowns, and on
his heads, blasphemous
names. The beast which I
saw was like a leopard,
and his feet were like
those of a bear, and his
mouth like the mouth of a
lion. The dragon gave him
his power, his throne, and
great authority.

93. In a similar OT passage, Daniel saw
four beasts coming out of the sea
 Dan 7:1-7 I saw in my vision … behold, the four winds of the
sky broke forth on the great sea. Four great animals came up
from the sea... The first was like a lion, and had eagle's
wings… another animal, a second, like a bear… another, like a
leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; … a
fourth animal … and it was diverse from all the animals that
were before it; and it had ten horns.

94. In Rev. 14, God's judgment is seen
as a harvest of grain, then grapes
 Rev 14:14-20 “Send forth your sickle, and reap… for the
harvest of the earth is ripe!” He … thrust his sickle on the
earth, and the earth was reaped … “Send forth your sharp
sickle … for the earth's grapes are fully ripe!” The angel …
gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great
winepress of the wrath of God. The winepress was trodden
… and blood came out … even to the bridles of the horses,
as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.

95. In the OT, harvesting grain and
grapes depict God's judgment
 Joel 3:12-14 "… Put in the
sickle; For the harvest is
ripe. Come, tread, for the
winepress is full, The vats
overflow, for their
wickedness is great.” …
 Isa 63:1-6 Who is this who
comes from Edom … Why
are you red in your
clothing, and your
garments like him who
treads in the wine vat? I
have trodden the
winepress alone… I trod
down the peoples in my
anger … and I poured out
their lifeblood on the earth.

96. Rev. 18 begins with the proclamation
that “Babylon the great” has fallen
 Rev 18:1-3 After these
things, I saw another angel
coming down out of the
sky… He cried with a
mighty voice, saying,
“Fallen, fallen is Babylon
the great… For all the
nations have drunk of the
wine of the wrath of her
sexual immorality, the
kings of the earth
committed sexual
immorality with her, and
the merchants of the earth
grew rich from the
abundance of her luxury.”

97. The prophets made similar
proclamations in the OT
 Isa 21:9 Fallen, fallen is
Babylon; and all the …
images of her gods are
broken to the ground.
 Jer 51:7-8 Babylon …
who made all the earth
drunken: the nations
have drunk of her wine;
therefore the nations
are mad. Babylon is
suddenly fallen and
destroyed…

98. Revelation 19 describes the
wedding supper of the Lamb
 Rev 19:5-9 “Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God,
the Almighty, reigns! Let
us rejoice and be …
glad, and let us give the
glory to him. For the
marriage of the Lamb
has come, and his wife
has made herself
ready.” It was given to
her that she would array
herself in bright, pure,
fine linen: for the fine
linen is the righteous
acts of the saints. …

99. The prophets speak of Israel both
as God's betrothed and as his wife
 Hos 2:19-20 I will betroth
you to me forever ... in
righteousness, in justice,
in loving kindness … and
in compassion. I will …
betroth you to me in
faithfulness; And you shall
know Yahweh.
 Isa 54:1-8 For your Maker
is your husband … For
Yahweh has called you as
a wife forsaken and
grieved in spirit, even a
wife of youth, when she is
cast off, says your God …

100. Jesus is the divine warrior with his
enemies' blood on his clothes
 Rev 19:11-16 … behold, a
white horse, and he who
sat on it … Faithful and
True. In righteousness he
judges and makes war. His
eyes are a flame of fire,
and on his head are many
crowns … He is clothed in
a garment sprinkled with
blood… Out of his mouth
proceeds a sharp, double-
edged sword, that with it
he should strike the
nations. He will rule them
with a rod of iron.... He has
… a name written, “KING
OF KINGS, AND LORD OF
LORDS.”

101. Portions of this picture come from
Isaiah and the Psalms.
 Isa 63:1-6 I have trodden
the winepress … trampled
them in my wrath; … their
lifeblood is sprinkled on
my garments, and I have
stained all my clothing …
 Isa 11:1-5 a shoot out of …
Jesse … shall strike the
earth with the rod of his
mouth… Righteousness
shall be the belt of his
waist, and faithfulness …
of his loins.
 Psa 2:9 You shall break
them with a rod of iron.

102. Rev. 1:12-
16
Ezekiel
1:25-28
Daniel
10:5-6
Daniel
7:9-10
Daniel
7:13-14
Son of Man
Robe
Gold sash
*Head and hair
white like wool
Eyes like fire
Feet like bronze
Voice like rushing
water
Stars in hand
Face like the sun
Like that of a
man
Fire
Glowing metal
Sound like
rushing water
Radiance
A man
Linen robe
Gold sash
Eyes like flame
Gleaming bronze
Sound of a
multitude
Like lightning
*Head and hair
white like wool
Son of man
Revelation and other books

103. The cycle of Judgments in Revelation (Seals,
Trumpets, and bowls) increase in intensity.
TrumpetsTrumpets PlaguesPlagues
One-third of the landOne-third of the land
One-third of the seaOne-third of the sea
Bitter drinkingBitter drinking
One-third of the heavenlyOne-third of the heavenly
bodiesbodies
All landAll land
All seaAll sea
Drinking bloodDrinking blood
The sunThe sun

104. The trumpets are thematically and formally
parallel to the Exodus plagues
TrumpetTrumpet PlaguePlague Parallel toParallel to
ExodusExodus
1st- Rev. 8:71st- Rev. 8:7
2nd- Rev. 8:8-92nd- Rev. 8:8-9
3rd- 8:10-113rd- 8:10-11
4th- 8:124th- 8:12
5th- 9:1-115th- 9:1-11
6th- 9:13-216th- 9:13-21
7th- 11:15-197th- 11:15-19
Hail and fireHail and fire
BloodBlood
Bitter waterBitter water
DarknessDarkness
LocustsLocusts
ArmyArmy
StormStorm
7th- hail and fire7th- hail and fire
1st- blood *(Ex.1st- blood *(Ex.
7:20)*(Ex. 7:15-24)7:20)*(Ex. 7:15-24)
9th- darkness9th- darkness
8th- locusts8th- locusts
Ex. 19:16-19Ex. 19:16-19

105. Gog and Magog Rev 20 / Ezek 38,
Zech 14:2
 A classic example of
the Book of Revelation
reinterpreting an OT
prophecy
 Now placed at the end
of the millenium.

106. Zech 14:8 / Rev
22:1 River
Flowing from the
Throne.

107. We could go on and on
 These examples barely
scratch the surface of the
rich allusions to the Old
Testament that permeate
Revelation.
 John refers to Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel,
Psalms, Exodus, and
Deuteronomy.
 He often reinterprets Old
Testament passages,
giving them new
meanings.
 In order to understand
Revelation, you have to
know the Old Testament.

108. Stefanie is awesome because:
 She is awesome because she was born that
way
 Because of Gema
 Because she loves big dog
 Because she is Brasilian!! (the coolest people
in the world)
 Because she likes cookies and cream ice-
cream
 Because she likes stamps
 Because she lives in Australia
 Because she has cool pals in her family
 Chads. 88:8-9 “Thou shall love Stefanie for
she is awesome.”