The document provides a summary of key events and themes in the book of Revelation: 1. John receives a series of visions from Jesus revealing future events including Satan's attacks on the church, God's judgment and destruction, and God and the church rejoicing in heaven. 2. Saints reign with Christ in heaven for 1,000 years before Satan's brief return and final destruction. 3. The righteous will dwell with God in heaven, where there is perfect fellowship, protection, and provision - represented by the holy city New Jerusalem descending from heaven. 4. The book emphasizes witnesses to its message - an angel, Jesus, John, and the Spirit and bride - and ends with final instructions,

1. Daniel/Revelation
for Beginners
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Mike Mazzalongo

2. Plot of the Story!
1. Jesus speaks and reveals the future of
the church to John.!
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2. John sees a series of visions that reveal:!
A.
B.
C.
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God & Satan’s power.!
Satan’s attacks.!
God’s judgment and destruction.!
God & the church rejoicing in Heaven

3. !
20 Then I saw an angel coming down from
heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a
great chain in his hand!
- Revelation 20:1

4. !
2 And
he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent
of old, who is the devil and Satan, and
bound him for a thousand years;!
- Revelation 20:2

5. !
3 and
he threw him into the abyss, and shut it
and sealed it over him, so that he would not
deceive the nations any longer, until the
thousand years were completed; after these
things he must be released for a short time.!
- Revelation 20:3

6. 4 Then
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and
judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded because of their
testimony of Jesus and because of the word of
God, and those who had not worshiped the beast
or his image, and had not received the mark on
their forehead and on their hand; and they came to
life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.!
- Revelation 20:4

7. 5 The
rest of the dead did not come to life until
the thousand years were completed. This is
the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the
one who has a part in the first resurrection;
over these the second death has no power,
but they will be priests of God and of Christ
and will reign with Him for a thousand years.!
- Revelation 20:5-6

8. !
Victory of the Saints
• Saints are in heaven rejoicing!
nd coming
• 1,000 years = Pentecost!
Before 2

9. 7 When
the thousand years are completed,
Satan will be released from his prison, 8 and
will come out to deceive the nations which
are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and
Magog, to gather them together for the war;
the number of them is like the sand of
the seashore.!
- Revelation 20:7-8

10. 9 And
they came up on the broad plain of the earth
and surrounded the camp of the saints and the
beloved city, and fire came down from heaven
and devoured them. 10 And the devil who
deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire
and brimstone, where the beast and the false
prophet are also; and they will be tormented day
and night forever and ever.!
- Revelation 20:9-10

11. !
Victory of the Saints
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•Saints are in heaven rejoicing!
nd
•1,000 years = Pentecost!
Before 2
coming!
•Satan’s brief return!
•Satan’s final destruction

12. !
Final Judgment
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• Judgment of disobedient and wicked.!
• Destruction of death and Hades.

13. Final State of the Righteous !
with God in Heaven
1. Perfect Fellowship

14. Final State of the Righteous !
with God in Heaven
1. Perfect Fellowship!
2. Perfect Protection

15. !
9 Then
one of the seven angels who had
the seven bowls full of the seven last
plagues came and spoke with me, saying,
“Come here, I will show you the bride, the
wife of the Lamb.”!
- Revelation 21:9

16. !
10 And he
carried me away in the Spirit to a
great and high mountain, and showed me the
holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of
11 having the glory of God.
heaven from God,
Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as
a stone of crystal-clear jasper.!
- Revelation 21:10-11

17. !
12 It
had a great and high wall, with twelve
gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and
names were written on them, which are the
names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.!
- Revelation 21:12

18. 13 There
were three gates on the east and
three gates on the north and three gates on
the south and three gates on the west. 14 And
the wall of the city had twelve foundation
stones, and on them were the twelve names
of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.!
- Revelation 21:13-14

19. 15 The
one who spoke with me had a gold
measuring rod to measure the city, and its
gates and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a
square, and its length is as great as the
width; and he measured the city with the
rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and
width and height are equal.!
- Revelation 21:15-16

20. Final State of the Righteous !
with God in Heaven
1. Perfect Fellowship!
2. Perfect Protection!
3. Perfect Provision

21. 22 Then he showed me a river of the water of
life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne
2 in the middle of its
of God and of the Lamb,
street. On either side of the river was the tree
of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its
fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations.!
- Revelation 22:1-2

22. !
3 There
will no longer be any curse; and the
throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it,
4 they
and His bond-servants will serve Him;
will see His face, and His name will be on
their foreheads.!
- Revelation 22:3-4

23. !
5 And there
will no longer be any night; and
they will not have need of the light of a lamp
nor the light of the sun, because the Lord
God will illumine them; and they will reign
forever and ever.!
- Revelation 22:5

24. Witnesses – Angel!
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6 And he
said to me, “These words are
faithful and !true”; and the Lord, the God of
the spirits of the ! prophets, sent His angel
to show to His bond-servants the things
which must soon take place.!
- Revelation 22:6

25. !
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16 “I,
Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you !
these things for the churches. I am the root and !
the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”!!
- Revelation 22:16

26. Witnesses - Jesus!
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7 “And
behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he
who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book.”
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you
these things for the churches. I am the root and the
descendant of David, the bright morning star.”!
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- Revelation 22:7;16

27. Witnesses - John!
8 I,
John, am the one who heard and saw these things.
And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at
the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 But he said to me, “Do not do that. I am a fellow
servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets
and of those who heed the words of this book.
Worship God.”!
- Revelation 22:8-9

28. Conclusion
• Witnesses!
• Instructions! - Daniel! !
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- John! !
Seal!
Open Seal

29. • Witnesses!
• Instructions!
• Invitation!
17 The Spirit
and the bride say, “Come.” And let
the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the
one who is thirsty come; let the one who
wishes take the water of life without cost.!
- Revelation 22:17

30. Conclusion
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Witnesses!
Instructions!
Invitation!
Final Instructions & Blessing!
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31. 18 I
testify to everyone who hears the words of
the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to
them, God will add to him the plagues which
19 and if anyone takes
are written in this book;
away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God will take away his part from the
tree of life and from the holy city, which are
written in this book.!
- Revelation 22:18-19

32. !
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20 He
who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I
am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
21 The
grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.!
- Revelation 22:20-21

33. Lessons
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1. Satan is Real!
2. Hell is Real! !
3. Heaven is Real!
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