BIL102 WS5

New TestamentNew Testament
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BIL102BIL102
Workshop 5Workshop 5
Glenn JohnsonGlenn Johnson

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Devotion & PrayerDevotion & Prayer
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
for the old heaven and the old earth hadfor the old heaven and the old earth had
disappeared. And the sea was also gone.disappeared. And the sea was also gone.
And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven like acoming down from God out of heaven like a
beautiful bride prepared for her husband.beautiful bride prepared for her husband.
I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying,I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying,
"Look, the home of God is now among his"Look, the home of God is now among his
people! He will live with them, and they willpeople! He will live with them, and they will
be his people. God himself will be withbe his people. God himself will be with
them.them.
He will remove all of their sorrows, andHe will remove all of their sorrows, and
there will be no more death or sorrow orthere will be no more death or sorrow or
crying or pain. For the old world and its evilscrying or pain. For the old world and its evils
are gone forever.“are gone forever.“
Revelation 21:1-4Revelation 21:1-4

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DISCUSSION ZONEDISCUSSION ZONE
Revelation: A Hopeful andRevelation: A Hopeful and
Saving Message for Today (IfSaving Message for Today (If
We Can Get Past theWe Can Get Past the
Gobbledygook)Gobbledygook)
-There is need for its message of hope in a lost world-There is need for its message of hope in a lost world
a) What are some barriers to understanding Revelation (language? imagery? symbolism? personal
convictions/interpretations? Hollywood portrayals?)
b)b) What is one verse in Revelation that most clearly defines its message as one of hope and salvation?

RevelationRevelation
Gobbledygook:Gobbledygook:
Getting Past theGetting Past the
GoofinessGoofiness
END TIME PREDICTIONS THAT WEREN’T….
99 AD
Pope Sylvester

GoofinessGoofiness
March 21, 1843 and March
21, 1844
William Miller, 7th
Day
Adventist

GoofinessGoofiness
1982
Pat Robertson

GoofinessGoofiness
1988
Edgar C. Whisenant

GoofinessGoofiness
October 28, 1992
Lee Jang Rim

GoofinessGoofiness
September 15-27, 1994
Harold Camping

GoofinessGoofiness
March 19, 1997
Marshall Applewhite

GoofinessGoofiness
November 5, 1999
“Temple” Group and
“House of Prayer” Group
Deported

GoofinessGoofiness
November 19, 1999
Christian Sect In Philippines

GoofinessGoofiness
Anything Positive From These Events?
Anything Negative?
How Should This Affect Our Study of The Bible In
General and Our View of Prophecy?

UnderstandingUnderstanding
“LOST” BOOK OF NT
CANON
FEAR; GLOOM & DOOM

HOLLYWOOD…..

NEED: Sound and Sane
Teaching
MESSAGE: Timeless One of
Hope

HISTORICAL SETTING
Patmos
Domitian 81-96 AD
An Organized Attempt to
Abolish Christianity

Understanding RevelationUnderstanding Revelation
Type of Literature
APOCALYPSE: from apokalupsis “to uncover or reveal”
ORIGIN: From Jews When They Came Into Contact
With Persian Religion in the Exile and After
CHARACTERISTICS:
1. Two Ages
2. Dualism
3. Visions
4. Messiah Figures
5. Symbols, Numbers, Animals, Colors, Theological Geography

THEOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY
• THE SEA: symbolizes evil or hostile forces.
• THE ABYSS: home of the evil spirits, fallen angels and the point of origin for
plagues and monster-beasts (Rev. 9:1)
• THE MOUNTAIN: the site of visions and revelations (Rev. 21:10)
• THE NEW JERUSALEM: the center of hope and promises for God's people (Rev. 21:10)
• THE TEMPLE: the dwelling place of God and the center of action for many of the visions in
Revelation (Rev. 11:1)
• THE LAKE OF FIRE: sometimes called the second death and the final dwelling place of evil.
Gehenna, or, hell, is never used in Revelation (Rev. 20:15)
• 7. THE THRONE OF GOD: the site of holiness and expresses the presence of God. Appears
in 17 chapters in Revelation (Rev. 4:2)
• 8. BABYLON: a code name for Rome or the enemy (Rev. 18:2)

CODES IN REVELATION
There are many color, number and animal codes.
A. COLOR CODES
1. Pale Green: death
2. Dark Green: life
3. White: purity or
conquering
4. Red: war
5. Black: famine
6. Gold: worth or value
7. Bronze: strength
8. Scarlet: Immorality
B. NUMBER CODES
7= divine
6=evil or imperfection
5=penalty
4=world 2=witnessing
1=unity
10=completeness
12=wholeness
144,000 (12x12)= whole
people of God
Fractions= incompleteness
C. ANIMAL CODES
1. LAMB WITH SEVEN
HORNS AND EYES= Jesus
2. FROG= most evil creature
in Revelation (6:13)
3. EAGLE= brings bad
news
4. MONSTER-BEASTS= bits
and parts of wild animals to
represent extremely evil
persons as Caesar or
Satan
5. LION=wild animals
6. OX= domesticated animals

TIME IN REVELATION
MIXTURE OF GREEK and HEBREW
GREEK= CYCLE
HEBREW= STRAIGHT LINE
RESULT: Spiraling Effect

DRAMA IN REVELATION
Makes It Stand Out
EPHESIAN THEATER: 25,000

OTHER INTERESTING TIDBITS….
30 HYMNS IN REVELATION
7 BEATITUDES…remember, “Blessed are the Meek?”
PLEDGE
“I Pledge….
To never, ever refer to the book of
Revelation…
…As ‘RevelationS’
I pledge to correct anyone who says
‘Revelations’….whether in conversation, in
Sunday School or a pastor in a sermon”

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MORE DISTINCTIVE
FEATURES
Variety of Interpretations
Preterist
Historicist
Futurist
Idealist

MORE DISTINCTIVE
FEATURES
Variety of MILLENNIAL
VIEWS
Premillennial
Postmillennial
Amillennial

MORE DISTINCTIVE
FEATURES
•The number seven appears 52 times in Revelation.
•Depending on your view of the book, the final judgment
of God may be presented numerous times throughout
the book (Rev. 6:12-17; 7:9-17; 11:15-19; 14:14-20;
16:17-21; 19:11-21; 20:11-21:8).
•The primary focus in Revelation is on the future in so
much as that knowledge helps the believer live obediently
in the present.
•Notable for its simplicity (in spite of what most people
think). John promised a blessing to the one who reads
and those who hear and obey the prophecy (1:3). The
picture is obviously one of the church at worship with a
designated reader. John apparently thought that this book
could be understood simply by listening to it being read. It
takes about an hour and a half to read the book aloud.

DISCUSSION ZONE:DISCUSSION ZONE:
My Life’s Purpose inMy Life’s Purpose in
Light of Revelation andLight of Revelation and
The Rest of the NTThe Rest of the NT
•ALONE: Skim sections of the NT, James
and Revelation to come up with one
particular passage that impacted you and
helps you see your life’s purpose more
clearly
•GROUP: Identify the verse that most
speaks to your life’s purpose and share
(not all will share in the group)
•AS CLASS: Each will discuss your
findings…..what made this exercise
difficult?

Revelation FunRevelation Fun
FactoidizationsFactoidizations
The Southern Baptist
Convention has never had
Revelation as a topic for it’s
January Bible Study in 60
years.

Greek Orthodox Church: does not
accept Revelation

Columns In Parthenon and Ephesian
stage acoustics: have not been
duplicated in modern era

Same year they dug up
Ephesian theater, they dug
up a 16 foot tall statue of
Domitian with tunnels going
into it where Romans would
speak through slits in the
statue to deceive poor
people (“image is given
power to speak”)
Domitian Temple

7 Acts of Revelation:
contains themes of the
destroyed Jewish Temple

2 Cities, Laodicea and
Philadelphia have not been
excavated

30% of NT took place in
Turkey….almost no Xn
churches and only handful
of Xns today

Ephesus: 500,000; Temple of
Artemis; church of about 30
people

Smyrna: mountain city of
250,000; crown of city…
looked like a crown on top of
mountain; first city to build a
temple to Rome; strong city;
had persecutions

Pergamum: 250,000; political
influence; first city to be
zoned; 3 medical schools
(Luke may have trained
there); temple of Zeus (throne
of Satan)

Thyatira: working persons
town on open plain; no
defenses; trade unions

SARDIS
Cyrus took city as “thief in the
night”

Philadelphia: frontier town;
destroyed by earthquake in 17 AD
and inhabitants were still in tents at
John’s time

Laodicea: weakest city, banks,
clothing, rich, eye medicine, no
good water supply….water came
out of ground 95 degrees, by the
time it got to city it was
lukewarm….had sulfur in it too
Clay Aqueduct Believed From Laodicea

THRONE OF GOD: appears in every chapter except two

DOMITIAN TEMPLE…..
Tried To Ban Christianity and Begun
Persecution of Christians

PROBLEMS in INTERPRETATION

WHAT WE’VE DONEWHAT WE’VE DONE
New Testament Survey- BIL102
Background: Preparing
the World for Christ-
centered living
The Gospels
Jesus of Nazareth, God’s
Son, the focus of Christ-
centered living
ACTS
The spread of
Christ-centered
living through
mission of the
Church
REVELATION
Obedience and
hope of Christ-
centered living
ROMANS/JUDE
Instructions on
theory and
practice of
Christ-centered
living

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APPEARANCE?APPEARANCE?
•“Lucifer” means “light bearer”
•Classical mythology:
•Hooves/tail=satyrs
•Pitchfork=Pluto/Hades
•Red color=violence/passion/blood/hellfire
•Leathery wings=12th
century reaction to
feathery white angel wings
•Chaucer (Canterbury Tales)=his devil was
green colored
•To distract from who I really
am, I disguise myself

SATAN’S ORIGINSATAN’S ORIGIN
-Isaiah 14:12-15: Refer to: a) Satan? b) Sennacherib or Nebuchednezzar? c)
both Satan AND some “great” human being?
-Later, “Lucifer” (Latin) becomes name for Satan
-NAME: comes from Hebrew, “the one who stands
against”….originally “ha’ satan”….the article “ha’” dropped so “satan” became
proper name….it wasn’t originally
-Luke 10:18 and Revelation explain Satan being thrown from heaven with
angels that followed him (Rev. 12:9)
-I am a created being, made by God originally for good, and I went my own
way and rebelled and now I wander this old world
-No one really knows for certain, created before humans and
before the Fall
-Some say I’m wicked, having been beautiful

GREATEST POWER?GREATEST POWER?
Angel of Light= to look so much like the real
thing as to fool the elect
“Ape of God”
Make sin look harmless
Divide your minds/hearts and think each
other is the enemy
To get you to believe the Lie: about God,
yourself, your place in the created
order…..believe the Lie, and I don’t have to
do anything

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