An overview of the book of Revelation for the Weekly Bethany Baptist Church Bible Study

2.  Most exciting book of the Bible
 It is a book containing
 Symbolism
 Prophecy
 Truth
 Blessings
 Cursings
 A great deal of other stuff!

3. Some principles of Bible study:
 Take the text in context
 Be sure of literal or symbolic interpretations
 Don’t be afraid to ask the Author ;)
 Cooper’s first rule of Interpretation:
 If the plain sense of Scripture makes good sense,
then seek no other sense!

4. Four levels of meaning in the book itself:
1. Local to the people in that time and place
2. Broader to all the churches:
 “Let he who has an ear hear what the Spirit says to
the Churches…”
3. Homiletic (to all believers):
 “Let he who has an ear hear what the Spirit says to the
Churches…”
4. Prophetic (historical and/or future events)

5. KT Ch. 1:3: A Present Promise of Coming Events
Ch. 1-5: Let the Hearers Understand
Ch. 6-9: God’s Judgement of Wrath Begins
Ch. 10-13: The Players and the Stage
Ch. 14-18: Final Events and Fall of Evil
Ch. 19-22: The Coming Lord and His Kingdom

6. “Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words
of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written
in it; for the time is near.”
-- Revelation 1:3

7. “Therefore write the things which you have seen, and
the things which are, and the things which will take
place after these things.”
-- Revelation 1:19