Slide show for the weekly Bethany Baptist Church chapter summary Bible study.

1. Three Easy Questions

2. Three Questions when you read the chapter you wish to study:
1. What does the chapter say?
2. What does that mean – specifically – to me?
3. What am I going to do about it?
Some add an optional memory verse as a part of the process to
help them retain what God has said to them.

4. Revelation 8 Revelation 9
We are
Here
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

5. KV 6: There will be no more delay!
1 - 3: The Strong Angel appears
4: Not for us to hear right now
5 - 7: There will be no more delay
8 - 11: Sweetness and Bitterness

6. Revelation 10
The Strong Angel of Revelation 10
• Clothed with a cloud – shows his Heavenly
nature
• Rainbow around his head – twofold meaning
– the promise of God not to destroy man with
a flood ever again, and the authority of God
• Face like the sun – Real power and authority
• Feet like pillars of fire – fire is usually
symbolic of divine judgement, and with that
being his feet, he is the herald or messenger
of that judgement of God.
• Loud voice – again, the picture of strength
and authority, added to by the roaring like a
lion
• Little scroll or book in his hand – more on
this later

7. Revelation 10
The Seven Thunders Answer the Strong Angel
What did they say?
WE DO NOT KNOW, AND WE SHOULD NOT
SPECULATE.
There are things that we are not meant to know,
and do not need to know, and it does no good to
wonder about them – this gives rise to all
manner of vain speculation which the Lord
warns us about.
The best guess I have is that EITHER the
judgement is too terrifying to be recorded OR
they communicate strategy that the Lord does
not wish to be communicated to the Enemy.
Either works, and neither matters.

8. Revelation 10
What was the “mystery” that God spoke to His
servants the prophets?
Yeshua ha’Meshiach – Jesus the Messiah
coming to take over the world that He redeemed
to Himself on the Cross of Calvary nearly 2000
years ago!
Greek – “τελέω” or “teleō” – Completed or
Finished. Sneak peek (SPOILER ALERT!) –
Revelation 11:15 -
“Then the seventh angel sounded; and there
were loud voices in heaven, saying," The
kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign
forever and ever."

9. Revelation 10
The Little Book – what could it be?
THE WORD OF GOD!
What other book do you know of that when you
read it makes you feel really good, but then
when you go to try to digest it or do what it says
makes you feel really bad?
John does as he is told – he eats the book, and
tells what happened – it was sweet in his mouth,
but it gave him stomach problems! But what is
the very next command John hears?
You must PROPHESY. In other words, you
must speak the word of God about what is going
to happen.

10. What about us? What are WE to do with this “little book?”
We are to read it, and try to digest its contents! BIBLE can form an
acronym in English:
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
Shouldn’t we get to know what it says we should be doing?

11. What should we be doing? Remember Revelation 2 and the letter
to the church at Ephesus? Doctrine and service are not enough!
We must cultivate that love relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ!
How? ACTS 2:42!
Daily devotional times (morning and/or evening)
Fellowship (with God and with each other)
Worship (alone and in the congregation)
Prayer (by yourself in secret and together with other believers)

12. GOD WANTS MORE THAN SUNDAYS AND
THURSDAY NIGHTS!
HE WANTS YOUR WHOLE LIFE! THAT’S
WHAT HE DIED FOR!
So let us serve Him!