The apostle John's introduction to the revelation of Jesus Christ, the sovereign king who will return to reclaim the earth and all He created. Seven times in the the book of Revelation we are told there is "blessing" for those who read and study its contents.

1. Studies in the Book of Revelation Faith Bible Church

2. Your Questions: REVELATION 1: 1-8

3. REVELATION 1: 1-8 1. How can you distinguish between true and false prophecy? How accurate must a prediction be in order to be a prophecy from God? (cf. I Kgs. 22:1-39)

4. REVELATION 1: 1-8 2. How would you define the word “revelation”? Explain why you think the last book of the Bible is called “Revelation”?

5. REVELATION 1: 1-8 3. How did God communicate this message to the apostle John? (1-2) “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. ”

6. REVELATION 1: 1-8 4. List the ways God has promised to bless you by hearing and heeding the prophecy of this book? (3) “Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. ”

7. REVELATION 1: 1-8 5. List several really good reasons to study the book of Revelation.

8. REVELATION 1: 1-8 6. To whom is this revelation addressed? (4) Locate on a world map the location of where this book was sent. “John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, ”

9. Locate on a world map where this book was sent.

10. REVELATION 1: 1-8 7. Identify who or what the “seven spirits” referred to in verse 4 (cf. Rev. 4:4-5; Zec. 4:2). “John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood” “And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. ” (Zechariah 4:2)

11. REVELATION 1: 1-8 8. List 5 ways John describes Jesus in verse 5. Jot down how each description encourages you. “. . . Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, ”

12. REVELATION 1: 1-8 9. What has Christ made us in verse 6? What difference does this make in your life? “and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. ”

13. REVELATION 1: 1-8 10. Who are those who pierced Christ (Zec. 12:10; Acts 2:22-23)? Identify those, prophesied to mourn over Him? When? Why? (7) “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know— Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;” (Acts 2:22-23) And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.

14. REVELATION 1: 1-8 11. What does the title “Alpha & Omega” signify? (8) “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”