(1) The document describes 7 statements about Jesus Christ and his followers and the 7 churches that were addressed in Revelation. (2) It then summarizes the major events in Revelation such as the 4 horsemen, 2 beasts, mark of the beast, abomination of desolation, the 144,000 and great multitude, and 7 seals/7 trumpets/7 bowls. (3) The summary concludes with the return of Jesus, binding of Satan, millennium, final judgment, and new Jerusalem.

1. “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.”

2. Seven Statements about Jesus Christ and
His Followers

3. “…Jesus Christ, (1) who is the faithful
witness, (2) the firstborn from the dead, (3)
and the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To (4) him who loves us (5) and has freed
us from our sins in his blood,

4. (6) and made us to be a kingdom and
priests to serve his God and Father—to
him be glory and power for ever and ever!
Amen.

5. “(7) Look, he is coming in the clouds, and
every eye will see him, and those who
pierced him, and all the peoples of the
earth will mourn because of him…”

6. INTERPRETATIONS: 7 churches that existed
around 95 AD; 7 Church eras; 7 attitudes that
exist at any time in the Church.
Rev. 2:1-7: Ephesus
Rev. 2:8-11: Smyrna
Rev. 2:12-17: Pergamos
Rev. 2:18-29: Thyatira
Rev. 3:1-6: Sardis
Rev. 3:7-13: Philadelphia
Rev. 3:14-22: Laodicea

7. John sees a scroll with seven seals and
hears a song:
“You are worthy to take the scroll and to
open its seals,
John’s Vision of God’s Throne

8. because you were slain, and with your
blood you purchased men for God from
every tribe and language and people and
nation.
John’s Vision of God’s Throne

9. You have made them to be a kingdom and
priests to serve our God, and they will reign
on the earth” (Revelation 5:9-10 NIV).
John’s Vision of God’s Throne

11. Four Horsemen of Apocalypse, by Viktor Vasnetsov. Painted in 1887. Courtesy of Wikipedia.

12. The First Seal The Second Seal The Third Seal The Fourth Seal
Matthew 24:3-5,
23-28
Matthew 24:5-8 Matthew 24:7 Matthew 24:7
Revelation 6:1-2 Revelation 6:3-4 Revelation 6:5-6 Revelation 6:7-8

13. Counterfeit Religion
Image courtesy of United Church of God
Jesus Christ
Courtesy of the Digital Image Archive, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University.

14. The Four Horsemen
• 1st Seal: False Religion
• 2nd Seal: War
• 3rd Seal: Famine
• 4th Seal: Disease
5th Seal: Religious
Persecution
Matthew 24:9 (10-14)
Revelation 6:9-11
The Tribulation Begins
Matthew 24:15-21

15. Revelation 13 Matthew 24:15-22,
Luke 21:20-24
Revelation 12 Revelation
11:1-11
Rise of the
Beast Power
Abomination of
Desolation and the
invasion of Jerusalem
Part of the Church
taken to its “place in
the wilderness”
The Two
Witnesses

16. Revelation 13: Rise of the
beast power.
Daniel 2: Before the
Second Coming of Christ
there will be a revival of the
Roman Empire.

17. There are two beasts in
Revelation 13. One represents
a political power, the other a
religious power.
The mark of the beast is 666.
These two powers rule on the
earth for 42 months or three
and a half years.

18. Luke writes that Jerusalem
will be “trampled” until the
“times of the Gentiles are
fulfilled.”
Revelation 11:1-2: The
“times of the Gentiles” will
be forty two months or three
and a half years.

19. Matthew 24:15-22:
Abomination of Desolation.
Luke 21:20-24: Luke’s
account show that this
involves the invasion of
Jerusalem.

20. Revelation 12: The
“woman” in this prophecy is
sometimes considered to be
Mary. Others consider it to
symbolize Jewish
Christians.
Courtesy of the Digital Image Archive, Pitts
Theology Library, Candler School of Theology,
Emory University.

21. The woman actually represents
the people of God. In the first
verses she represents ancient
Israel. After the resurrection of the
child, Jesus Christ, she then
represents the Church.
At the “end time” the Church is
protected from Satan for “time,
times and half a time” or three and
a half years. Courtesy of the Digital Image Archive, Pitts
Theology Library, Candler School of Theology,
Emory University.

22. The True People of God: Revelation 12 The False Church: Revelation 17-18
Courtesy of the Digital Image Archive, Pitts
Theology Library, Candler School of Theology,
Emory University. Image courtesy of United Church of God

23. Revelation 11: The two witnesses tell
people to repent and stand against the
beast power for “one thousand two
hundred and sixty days…” or three and a
half years.

24. They will finally be killed and their bodies
lie in the streets of Jerusalem. People from
all over the world will see their dead bodies
and rejoice.

25. The two witnesses will be resurrected after
three and a half days.

26. Revelation 13 Matthew 24:15-22,
Luke 21:20-24
Revelation 12 Revelation
11:1-11
Rise of the
Beast Power
Abomination of
Desolation and the
invasion of Jerusalem
Part of the Church
taken to its “place in
the wilderness”
The Two
Witnesses

27. Revelation 7 introduces two groups of
people who turn to God during the
Tribulation.
Revelation 7:1-8: The 144,000 Israelites
who are sealed with God’s Spirit.

28. Revelation 7:9-17: The great multitude or
people from all nations who are converted
during the “great tribulation” (notice verse
14).

29. The Sixth Seal: Signs in Heaven
Matthew 24:29
Revelation 6:12-17

30. The Seventh Seal: The Day of the Lord
Revelation 8:1-6: The Seventh Seal
consists of Seven Trumpets

31. The Day of the Lord
Isaiah 34:1-8 : The Day of the Lord
possibly lasts for one year

32. First Trumpet (Rev. 8:6-7): Hail and Fire, a third of
all trees and green grass destroyed.
Second Trumpet (Rev. 8:8-9): One third of sea
becomes blood, one third of sea creatures die, one
third of ships destroyed.

33. Third Trumpet (Rev. 8:10-11): Third part of fresh
water turns bitter.
Fourth Trumpet (Rev. 8:12): Atmosphere
deteriorates so that one third of light is filtered out.

34. The Last Three Trumpets also known as the Three
Woes
Fifth Trumpet (Rev. 8:13-9:12): First Woe: Beast
power brings about world war.

35. Sixth Trumpet (Rev. 9:13-21): Second Woe: Asia
becomes involved in the war. Two witnesses killed
(Rev. 11:1-19).
Seventh Trumpet Third Woe: comprised of Seven
Vials (Rev. 10:5-7; 11:15-19; 15:6-8).

36. 1. Sores (Rev. 16:1-2).
2. Mass death of sea creatures (Rev. 16:3).
3. Fresh water turned to blood (Rev. 16:4-7).
4. Sun scorches earth (Rev. 16:8-9).

37. 5. Darkness (Rev. 16:10-11).
6. Euphrates River dries up, Asiatic armies and remaining
beast armies converge on Megiddo (Rev. 16:12-16).
7. Great earthquake and hail, Babylonian system
destroyed (Rev. 16:17-21; Rev. 17-18).

38. The Return of Jesus and Resurrection of the Saints
Matthew 24:31, Revelation 20:1-6, 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Thess. 4:13-18
The Return of Jesus Christ and Destruction of the Beast Power
Zechariah 14:1-15
Matthew 24:29-30
Revelation 19

39. Binding of Satan and the Establishment of the Kingdom
of God on the Earth
Revelation 20:1-6

40. Images courtesy of United Church of God

41. The Millennium
Revelation 20
The Great White Throne Judgment
Revelation 20
New Jerusalem: God’s Throne Comes to the Earth
Revelation 21-22